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Originally Posted by funchy  We could literally end all world famine: just stop throwing food to animals to eat and instead safely deliver it to 3rd world nations. Livestock feed is greatly subsidized by US taxpayers anyway, so why not let taxpayers decide where it goes? It saddens me to know American pigs gorge on cheap subsided food but kids in Africa and parts of Asia are dying from malnutrition. |
I heard recently that most livestock feed is made from GMO corn that is very hardy but tastes absolutely terrible. Not really anything suitable for human consumption. That's just a random fact and not an argument to eat the meat raised on such stuff.