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Here’s How America Uses Its Land (2018) (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

The "livestock feed" section of the graph looks more than twice as big as "Food we eat", and at least some of the pasture land (much larger than both) has got to be viable, even if it mostly isn't.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Sure, and there's a very important discussion to be had about the influence livestock has on the environment. But that's a separate topic from the usefulness of pasture land for alternate purposes.

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