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The truth about organic milk: cows are suffering on even the most “humane” dairy farms (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

i'm so glad you found the OWID link. do you see how the chart shows the vast majority of what is fed to animals is called "soy meal" or "soy cake"? that's the byproduct of pressing soybeans for oil. they literally eat our industrial waste. down at the bottom of the chart you can see the 7% that is fed directly to animals

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    Byproduct that accounts for the majority of the revenue? That's hardly a byproduct?

    7%, is feeding of entire soybeans

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    it's not a majority of the revenue. it's about half of the revenue from beans that are pressed for oil, but there are other uses.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    50% of revenue is not a byproduct, that's a core part! I don't see much point continuing these conversation as if we are going to claim that we can just ignore 50% of revenue as a "byproduct". None of these conversations are going to get anywhere if that's the way things are going to go

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