We tend to grow a lot of crops for animals, up to 3/4 of U.S. cropland in 2011 [0]. According to The Independent[1], in the UK it's 2/5 of arable land for growi

We tend to grow a lot of crops for animals, up to 3/4 of U.S. cropland in 2011 [0]. According to The Independent[1], in the UK it's 2/5 of arable land for growing animal feed. The FAO claims that 40% of all crops are used to feed animals[2]. It's not like livestock are only raised on non-arable land; we spend plenty of effort growing human-edible plant food for animals to eat and inefficiently convert to animal protein. Talking about animals surviving on only non-arable land seems like a motte and bailey that ignores what we're actually doing. [0] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1720760115#body-ref-r2 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1720760115#body-ref-r2 - original data is actually from a Nature article found at https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10452 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10452 [1] https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/wwf-norfolk-yorkshire-b2113317.html https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/wwf-norfol... [2] https://www.fao.org/3/ar591e/ar591e.pdf https://www.fao.org/3/ar591e/ar591e.pdf