• schroedingershat@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Paltering.

    Corn and soy grown for the purpose of large animal feed exceeds the amount of cropland used directly for human consumption in areas where <20% of calories and protein come from red meat.

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      1 year ago

      almost all soy (about 85%) is crushed for oil for human use. the vast majority of what’s fed to animals is the industrial waste from that process.

      only 7% is fed directly to animals.

      i don’t know the numbers for corn, but i do know that globally, about 2/3 of all crop calories go to people.

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      1 year ago

      almost no soy goes to cattle at all. calling me “paltering” while jumping from one segment of agriculture to another is just hypocritical rhetoric. try addressing the topic instead of characterizing me.