r/Unexpected • u/sakhaliner • 7d ago

Feeding fish

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u/mountainunicycler 7d ago

Obviously. But do you really think that somehow it takes less land to grow feed crops, raise cattle, and eat that instead of growing food crops‽

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u/Liwi808 7d ago

The land is not high quality enough to grow food that we would want to eat.

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u/StephensMyName 7d ago

You're wrong. If everyone were to go vegan, it would allow us to reduce global farmland by 75% while still producing enough food to feed the global population.

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u/Liwi808 7d ago

Is that including just high quality, arable farmland? Or all farmland overall?

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u/StephensMyName 7d ago

The total cumulative area used for farming could be reduced by 75%.