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It is very therapeutic to garden, though. (lemmy.today)
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[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Cows and other farm animals need a lot of food:

More than three-quarters of global agricultural land is used for livestock, despite meat and dairy making up a much smaller share of the world's protein and calories. [...] However, only half of the world’s croplands are used to grow crops that are consumed by humans directly. We use a lot of land to grow crops for biofuels and other industrial products, and an even bigger share is used to feed livestock.

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[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago

As per the article two thirds of that 'agricultural land' is graze-lands, so like a 12.5% of that agricultural land is actually farmland dedicated to feed livestock.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see, 25% is still not too little, I expected this to be less than 10% based on how you phrased the first comment. But you're right, it's possible to greatly reduce strain on land

[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That wasn't me, but I found out about it relatively recently and I'm happy to share it.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, true, sorry I'm a bit sloppy

Thanks for sharing, anyway ❤️

[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

No worries :)