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> Meat production has become less land intensive compared to 200 years ago, but it is by far the worst way of producing food if you compare calory intake to lan
by Zababa 4y ago
> Meat production has become less land intensive compared to 200 years ago, but it is by far the worst way of producing food if you compare calory intake to land use.
Most meat, at least in France, is raised on land that couldn't support other kind of agriculture. The calorie intake of that land, without cows grazing on it, would be 0.
- wumpus 4y agoFrance doesn't use feedlots? In the US, half of the meat weight is added to cattle in feedlots, using 1/2 of US corn production.
- barry-cotter 4y agoNo European country does really. Nor do Australia and New Zealand to my knowledge. That’s why the beef tastes so much better. Cattle that are grass fed taste very different.
- wumpus 4y agohttps://idele.fr/?eID=cmis_download&oID=workspace://SpacesStore/10b22a31-862e-440f-a079-c1710d964e72 https://idele.fr/?eID=cmis_download&oID=workspace://SpacesSt... French beef and dairy-cattle-finally-eaten-as-beef eat 2/3 grass.
- barry-cotter 4y agoYes. You asked about feedlots. Europe pretty much doesn’t have them, as I said. Note that beef cattle are 80% grass fed according to the document. Dairy that are eventually eaten eat less grass, 2/3.
- wumpus 4y agoI was talking about more than feedlots, I was talking about grass-fed cattle vs. not grass-fed cattle. Do you really think it matters if a cow eats grain in a "feedlot" instead of on a "farm"? I sure don't.
- Glawen 4y agoI doubt so, farmers in my village in France never take their cows out of the barn. They feed them with dry grass and fermented corn (ensilage) they grow. Cow grazing is a thing of the past unless you do milk for AOP cheese or premium meat. By the way cheap beef in supermarket is actually old milk cow