[_zoltan_]

> 4. agricultural land shrinks every year. EVERY year. new farms are harder and harder to start & we really cannot afford to dip our food supply

of course we can.

for corn, circa 40% is used to feed livestock and 35% for ethanol production. there is very little human consumption.

for wheat, in the US and Europe, only around 35% is used to feed humans.

we really should do much more regenerative agriculture so people eat better food down the chain.

[Cornbilly]

> for corn, circa 40% is used to feed livestock and 35% for ethanol production. there is very little human consumption.

Good luck with getting Americans to pay more for and/or eat less meat.

We’re practically addicted to eating meat in some form at every meal. Not to mention the weird group of folks that have tied eating meat to masculinity.

[_zoltan_]

nobody talked about eating less meat. I love meat as well. if you feed your livestock better, you get better quality meat!

I was shocked how cheap meat is in the US. I was at Costco looking at some briskets and pork belly.

Here in Switzerland for good quality meat you're going to pay between 30-50 CHF/kg for pork and up to 120 CHF/kg for beef.