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Only half of the calories produced on croplands are available as food for human consumption (iopscience.iop.org)
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[-] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

They didn't address the grading of crops, which is a problem.

Often grade A is sold as produce, while B and C are used as ingredients for stuff and the rest is used for feed.

[-] dumnezero@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Nonsense argument, this is about croplands and other inputs. The technology is nearly the same for growing grains and legumes for humans.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 4 weeks ago

My comment was about the products of croplands being graded... It has nothing to do with technology.

[-] dumnezero@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

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