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I believe I've never actually eaten soy, and I rarely eat corn. I'm also pretty sure the amount of wheat humans eat is less than what we feed to poultry and liv
by Valgrim 6y ago
I believe I've never actually eaten soy, and I rarely eat corn. I'm also pretty sure the amount of wheat humans eat is less than what we feed to poultry and livestock.
The author seems to conflate the purpose of the "modern row-crop farmer" (which is mainly to repay their huge debts and to feed cows and chickens), and the solution touted by vertical-urban-aqua-dome-whatever-ponics: to provide year-round, local, fresh and varied types of plants to feed humans.
- cyberbanjo 6y agoYou've probably eaten more corn than you know. 1:Corn has made its way into everything: a Washington Post article https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/14/how-corn-made-its-way-into-just-about-everything-we-eat/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/14/how-c...
- Valgrim 6y agoThis articles points out that this is a very american-centric reality. If you cook your own food from basic ingredients there's almost no corn reaching you directly.
- leadingthenet 6y agoIt’s very unlikely you’ve never eaten soy, unfortunately. It’s essentially added to every processed meat product, nowadays.
- jcampbell1 6y agoSoy is crushed into what Americans call vegetable oil, and meal. The meal is the protein source for pork and chicken production. If you get a piece of fried chicken from KFC, the chicken was raised on soy meal and corn, battered in milled wheat, and fried in soybean oil.