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Re:Tyson Foods CEO: The Future of Food Might Be Meatless by sanswork on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @09:38PM (#13817390)
This would work better if we didn't have to grow more plant material to feed the meat than just feeding ourselves directly.
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Re:Tyson Foods CEO: The Future of Food Might Be Meatless by toomanybeersies on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:35PM (#13817932)
That's a very American thing to grow crops and ship them off to other farmers to feed their animals.

Most meat animals (or at least goats, sheep, and cows) worldwide feed on whatever grows on the ground (whether that be turnips, grass, or something else).

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Re:Tyson Foods CEO: The Future of Food Might Be Meatless by sanswork on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:50PM (#13817980)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_feeding says that 9% of beef is raised by grazing.

Poultry is going to be almost all feed. Along with Pork.

Those are the 3 biggest sources of meat by far.

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