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Can the world feed itself is also a matter of asking, which model of food production do we use and are we even able to realistically consider? A lot of the mis
by mfer 4y ago
Can the world feed itself is also a matter of asking, which model of food production do we use and are we even able to realistically consider?
A lot of the mismanagement comes from big AG and profit/growth goals.
For example, people in the United States eat about 5 times the amount of meat per person as people did 100 years ago. The population has grown, too. The amount of food grown to produce the calories/nutrients needed to feed the animals which people then eat is far more than for when people eat the produce. It we're talking economies of scale, here.
Big AG has a mass influence on subsidies, regulations, and even recommendations that come out of governments on diet.
If you look at what healthiest for us as individuals and societies with economies of scale taken into account... it's not what Big AG is guiding. Not according to the scientists who study this stuff, anyway.
Big AG is influencing a lot of mismanagement to help with their profits. So far, it's worked well for their bottom lines.