pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?message-squaremessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your harmless/low-stakes conspiracy theory?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square209fedilink
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up34arrow-down1·1 day ago“Big Grass” truly runs the beef industry.
minus-squarecymbal_king@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoThe majority of US federal agriculture subsidies go to corn production, the majority of corn production is for live stock feed. Anybody who brings up spending that money on vegetables or basically anything other than corn gets silenced pretty quick
minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoWe didn’t domesticate corn. Corn domesticated us.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agowe might even become corn, down to the molecules.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 day agoSo few cattle rely on by grass tho
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoDepends on the country. Where I am it’s virtually 100% grass fed.
minus-squarejeffw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoIf we turned all of global beef demand into grass-fed, we’d literally decimate our output because there’s not enough grazable land. Even land categorized as agriculturally grazable is often not realistically grazable (think mountains, etc)
minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 day agoIf you count corn as grass then yes. I would agree
“Big Grass” truly runs the beef industry.
The majority of US federal agriculture subsidies go to corn production, the majority of corn production is for live stock feed. Anybody who brings up spending that money on vegetables or basically anything other than corn gets silenced pretty quick
We didn’t domesticate corn. Corn domesticated us.
we might even become corn, down to the molecules.
So few cattle rely on by grass tho
Depends on the country. Where I am it’s virtually 100% grass fed.
If we turned all of global beef demand into grass-fed, we’d literally decimate our output because there’s not enough grazable land.
Even land categorized as agriculturally grazable is often not realistically grazable (think mountains, etc)
If you count corn as grass then yes. I would agree