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		Banthum on April 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their... Multiplying together, only about 30% of the food grown is actually consumed? Is that really true? Whoa if so. Oddly enough, it kind of makes me feel better about food security.

brianwawok on April 21, 2017 [–]

I think even bigger is the 10:1 gains or more you lose feeding crops to animals. If we all went vegan we would almost instantly double our food supply.

Spoiler: I eat meat

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