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sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You mean, compared to what goes to the market for people?

I don’t eat much of not industrial agriculture products, even local farms only produce fruits, and I would say they are also industrial (not sure where is the line)

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Bademantel@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Cows and other farm animals need a lot of food:

More than three-quarters of global agricultural land is used for livestock, despite meat and dairy making up a much smaller share of the world’s protein and calories.

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- OfCourseNot@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  As per the article two thirds of that 'agricultural land' is graze-lands, so like a 12.5% of that agricultural land is actually farmland dedicated to feed livestock.
  
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- sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I see, 25% is still not too little, I expected this to be less than 10% based on how you phrased the first comment. But you’re right, it’s possible to greatly reduce strain on land
  
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  - Bademantel@feddit.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That wasn’t me, but I found out about it relatively recently and I’m happy to share it.
    
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    sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh, true, sorry I’m a bit sloppy
    
    Thanks for sharing, anyway ❤️
    
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flora_explora@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Not only that. But our agriculture is so centered around animals that we also have a huge surplus of manure (the animals’ feces, horn shavings, basically anything left of them) that we then use on all kinds of plant crops. It is so baked into the system that it will be a long way before we can really get a animal-free agriculture…

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