Plant-based using status quo crops

Suppose if farms continued producing the same crops, but the crops were not used as animal feed, and instead were used directly to make food:

  • What would the diet look like?
  • How much less farmland would we need?

Nutrition analysis

This section has not been filled in yet.  discussionTODO: use the FAO/USDA analysis i did awhile back. Lots of corn and soy, but still nutritionally balanceable

Farmland reduction

This section has not been filled in yet.  discussionBased on "status quo total human-edible crop calories produced" vs "how many calories the average person wants to eat": Best case (zero food waste) we'd need half as much land, if i remember correctly. For average case (same food waste as status quo), i gotta go find data about food waste again, to factor it in.

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