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by makx 2197 days ago
The feed is grown with fertilizers, which are fossil fuel:

https://www.darrinqualman.com/historic-nitrogen-fertilizer-c...

> In 2015, farmers applied more than 110 million tonnes. We managed to increase grain output fourfold largely by increasing nitrogen inputs 23-fold. Nitrogen fertilizer is a fossil fuel product, made primarily from natural gas.