> Here we define and quantify these opportunity food losses as the food loss associated with consuming resource-intensive animal-based items instead of plant-based alternatives which are nutritionally comparable, e.g., in terms of protein content. We consider replacements that minimize cropland use for each of the main US animal-based food categories.
I'll start worrying about this after we've stopped using a large fraction of food crops to make biofuels, and still have a problem.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 36.7 ms ] threadI'll start worrying about this after we've stopped using a large fraction of food crops to make biofuels, and still have a problem.