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Originally Posted by bhutocracy
but given you weren't on a meat producing farm (we used to own a piggery, and we currently work with an organic pig farm)- the vegetables we and animals eat aren't especially different.
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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
yes they are , they are specifically grown for them to eat, remember i grew up on a farm that grew them.
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Ok, time to put you to bed with the facts... I'll reference them this time just so you can't say "nanana got my fingers in my ears" ;)
"Around 60 percent of corn and 47 percent of soy produced in the United States is used in
domestic livestock production for feed."
http://www.agobservatory.org/library...o f%20corn%22
"Because soybean meal is the principal source of protein for the feed industry worldwide, it has become an ingredient that is strategically traded around the globe every day of the year. Feed manufacturers use soybean meal as the standard against which other protein sources are compared. Soybean meal has also become the protein source that determines the price of proteins for livestock feeding."
"Pigs and Poultry
Soybean meal dominates the market for protein supplements for pigs and poultry. There are a number of reasons for this, including its consistency in nutrient content, its ready availability year round, and its high content of crude protein. Because pig and poultry producers desire high-energy diets, soybean meal is of superior value because no common plant protein
feedstuff exceeds soybean meal in digestible energy content. Soybean meal also matches or exceeds all other common plant proteins in both total and digestible amino acid content."
http://www.australianoilseeds.com/__...d_Industry.pdf
However many animals the average vego kills with their diet, the average meat eater kills many times more because the animals eat the same base products.. not only that theres a FURTHER multiplication if your animals were also fed meat meal.. the animals that went into that were also fed vegetables lol.. Ok well thats pretty much the end of that.. On average I win. If you ONLY eat grass fed beef sure. but on average vego's kill less, even if you're going to talking silly shit like bugs ;) night y'all
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