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Grains raised for animal feed or producing ethanol are commonly unfit for human consumption. Every crop is highly optimized for its intended end use. You can't
by jandrewrogers 5y ago
Grains raised for animal feed or producing ethanol are commonly unfit for human consumption. Every crop is highly optimized for its intended end use. You can't take existing corn stocks beyond what is currently used in food and convert it into food, the varieties planted are not meant to be eaten by people. The supply chain that supports these crops is also optimized with assumptions about the end purpose.
It would be possible to re-plant that land with edible crops but it is not fast or simple.
- yellow_lead 5y agoExactly. During covid, foods destined for restaraunts couldn't even be sold to consumers since the supply chains didn't exist in many cases.
- Isinlor 5y agoIf we were faced with famine even army could provide sufficient logistical support. The only problem during COVID was that it was not profitable. It was cheaper to dispose it than to try to sell it.
- tomatotomato37 5y agoThe biggest exporter of meat products is Brazil, which conversely also makes them a really big importer of feedstock. The amount of scenarios in which a European/Asian war could somehow affect trade between the Americas without also involving the apocalypse are very few.