Satellites give clues about the coming global harvest

Re:Satellites give clues about the coming global harvest by prawn on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:07AM (#32115139)

Political will and lobbying would be the chief obstacles on the milk side. Flavour/texture and tradition strong factors on the grazing livestock side.

With a national, concerted effort I think you could slowly make headway on milk at least. Subsidies, convert flavoured milks first, UHT if possible. In theory that is. In reality, not going to happen in a hurry.

I wonder if pricing will eventually influence the meat side. Patties and sausages become non-meat first, steaks increasingly become a luxury. As it is, I'm not confident budget sausages are quality so it wouldn't take much to take them down.

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Re:Satellites give clues about the coming global harvest by myshpa on Saturday July 16, 2022 @06:29AM (#32116713)

Stop subsidizing the things that hurt the planet. Everything. Oil and meat/milk alike.

When for production of 1000kJ of food you need 120m2 of land to produce beef vs. 1m2 of land to produce beans/peas, the unsubsidized market would take care of the problem. Let the capitalism work for us for once ;)

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Re:Satellites give clues about the coming global harvest by cercatrova on Sunday July 17, 2022 @07:05PM (#32132423)

Subsidies are critical for a sovereign state to maintain control over its lands and people. If there were a food shortage, like in Sri Lanka, people would revolt.

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