• SupraMario@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    We don’t even really toss out much of the food we grow, it gets turned into grain for cattle 99% of the time. Stalks/roots of the plants get turned into feed for pigs/cows. Our system while it could be better is still very efficient.

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      10 months ago

      Most of the food we grow goes to cattle (and other livestock. Mostly cattle tho). They consume far more than humans.

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        10 months ago

        No we do not. 85+% of the grain/food they eat is leftovers from what we grow to eat. They eat what you cannot. Stems/stalks/roots. They also drink non-potable water.

        There is a reason a 50lb bag of sweet feed is $10 and drops to around $6 for bulk purchase.