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Of course, it started out as: a) grow plants that humans can eat on soil that will grow them, eat plants. b) grow plants that humans can't eat, but livestock
by TheRealPomax 4y ago
Of course, it started out as:
a) grow plants that humans can eat on soil that will grow them, eat plants.
b) grow plants that humans can't eat, but livestock can, on shit soil that won't support plants that human can eaa, eat the animal.
and in countries that look at the US and go "wow that's fucking barbaric" at their treatment of livestock is generally still the case.
- nightski 4y agoI work with clients in a multi-billion dollar industry (they themselves are in the hundreds of millions in revenue) who sell by-products of food production for cattle feed. In this situation, the food is being grown for humans anyways and only the waste product is used. It doesn't really fit your black & white view of the situation.
- bombcar 4y agoAnimals also work as food storage - you can convert food that will rot into animal that will roughly maintain itself until slaughter.
- TheRealPomax 4y agoCool: that's called "c", it comes from doing "a" and "b" for a while.