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minus-squareotterpops@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agothat map uses flawed methodology it counts almost all crop land as feed land most crops are grown for human food oil fiber or fuel the parts fed to animals are just secondary co products feeding residual meal and pulp to livestock avoids waste
minus-squareGuy Ingonito@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoOkay, so roughly speaking, after removing cropland whose main output is human food, oil, fiber, or fuel, and grazing land that could realistically be converted to such cropland, you’re left with 49 Texases of land worldwide used for making beef. https://www.fao.org/4/ar591e/ar591e.pdf
minus-squareotterpops@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agowithout examining the source data, there is no way to verify this. the link at the bottom 404s and no other references are given
that map uses flawed methodology
it counts almost all crop land as feed land
most crops are grown for human food oil fiber or fuel
the parts fed to animals are just secondary co products
feeding residual meal and pulp to livestock avoids waste
Okay, so roughly speaking, after removing cropland whose main output is human food, oil, fiber, or fuel, and grazing land that could realistically be converted to such cropland, you’re left with 49 Texases of land worldwide used for making beef.
https://www.fao.org/4/ar591e/ar591e.pdf
without examining the source data, there is no way to verify this. the link at the bottom 404s and no other references are given