• 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.

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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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.