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Re:Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? by mac01021 on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:12AM (#18635879)
No, because that land could be be reforested if it weren't kept for the cattle.
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Re:Can We Grow More Food on Less Land? by ericd on Saturday December 08, 2018 @09:41PM (#18638923)
A lot of grassland can’t support a forest. Cattle are able to survive on land that is otherwise too marginal to do much of anything but grow grass.
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