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> 4. agricultural land shrinks every year. EVERY year. new farms are harder and harder to start & we really cannot afford to dip our food supply of course we c
by _zoltan_ 2y ago
> 4. agricultural land shrinks every year. EVERY year. new farms are harder and harder to start & we really cannot afford to dip our food supply
of course we can.
for corn, circa 40% is used to feed livestock and 35% for ethanol production. there is very little human consumption.
for wheat, in the US and Europe, only around 35% is used to feed humans.
we really should do much more regenerative agriculture so people eat better food down the chain.
- Cornbilly 2y ago> for corn, circa 40% is used to feed livestock and 35% for ethanol production. there is very little human consumption. Good luck with getting Americans to pay more for and/or eat less meat. We’re practically addicted to eating meat in some form at every meal. Not to mention the weird group of folks that have tied eating meat to masculinity.
- _zoltan_ 2y agonobody talked about eating less meat. I love meat as well. if you feed your livestock better, you get better quality meat! I was shocked how cheap meat is in the US. I was at Costco looking at some briskets and pork belly. Here in Switzerland for good quality meat you're going to pay between 30-50 CHF/kg for pork and up to 120 CHF/kg for beef.