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The level of robotic tech in vegetable production is admirable. But this has caught my eye: > Forty-three percent of the Soy imported from Brazil is destined

by myshpa 4y ago

The level of robotic tech in vegetable production is admirable. But this has caught my eye: > Forty-three percent of the Soy imported from Brazil is destined for Dutch livestock feed. "The fastest growing export markets for Soybeans of Brazil between 2019 and 2020 were Netherlands ($494M), China ($457M), and Thailand ($317M)." [0] Funny how most vulnerable countries threatened by climate (rising seas) are among the ones doing most of the damage (brazilian soy is linked to the deforestation of Amazon)[1] for something we don't really need (animal agriculture)[2]. [0] https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/soybeans/reporter/bra https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-product/soybeans/repo... [1] https://ourworldindata.org/soy https://ourworldindata.org/soy [2] https://talkveganto.me/en/facts/suitable-for-all/ https://talkveganto.me/en/facts/suitable-for-all/

Lutger 4y ago
Another interesting fact: the grain deal between Ukraine and Russia that was supposed to alleviate hunger in the poorest of African countries led to the import of almost 800K ton of grains to the Netherlands. Some of it for further distribution within Europe, and most of it to feed livestock. And the African countries who suffer crop failures due to intense floods? They depend on the grains imports to even survive, but all combined they imported about half of what the Netherlands imported. Europe is so filthy rich we outbid those poor countries, just so we can feed our livestock to make hamburgers, and now the Europeans get 6 million tons of grain from the Ukraine deal. The poor African countries get a mere 400k tons. That is wild to me. A perfect illustration of how messed up our food system and trade is.
- Animatronio 4y ago
  I'll just leave this here, in the hope that someone more knowledgeable than me clarifies this matter: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/09/09/putin-says-nearly-all-ukraines-grain-has-gone-to-the-eu-is-he-right https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/09/09/putin-says-nea...
  - fruit2020 4y ago
    What the person above said is true, it was even on dutch tv
- imtringued 4y ago
  Don't worry being in foreign debt to proprietary seed companies is how African farmers are going to feed the planet.

by myshpa 4y ago

Lutger 4y ago

Another interesting fact: the grain deal between Ukraine and Russia that was supposed to alleviate hunger in the poorest of African countries led to the import of almost 800K ton of grains to the Netherlands. Some of it for further distribution within Europe, and most of it to feed livestock. And the African countries who suffer crop failures due to intense floods? They depend on the grains imports to even survive, but all combined they imported about half of what the Netherlands imported. Europe is so filthy rich we outbid those poor countries, just so we can feed our livestock to make hamburgers, and now the Europeans get 6 million tons of grain from the Ukraine deal. The poor African countries get a mere 400k tons. That is wild to me. A perfect illustration of how messed up our food system and trade is.

Animatronio 4y ago
I'll just leave this here, in the hope that someone more knowledgeable than me clarifies this matter: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/09/09/putin-says-nearly-all-ukraines-grain-has-gone-to-the-eu-is-he-right https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/09/09/putin-says-nea...
- fruit2020 4y ago
  What the person above said is true, it was even on dutch tv
imtringued 4y ago
Don't worry being in foreign debt to proprietary seed companies is how African farmers are going to feed the planet.