Food and agriculture have a significant impact on our planet, particularly in terms of carbon emissions, water withdrawals, and land use.

  • jaycifer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think what they’re getting at is that the land being used to grow that grass and inedible plants could instead be used to grow plants that humans can eat.

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      most of the crops that are fed to animals are just the parts of the plants that people can’t or won’t eat. soybeans, for instance: 85% of all the soybeans in the world go through an oil press, and after extracting the oil, we feed the industrial waste to livestock.