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(Created page with "{{minor|Ruminants include '''cows, buffalo, goats and sheep.'''}} If ruminants were fed '''only grass''' (and not crops), how much protein could they produce globally? ==Answer== <big>About '''7 grams''' of protein per day, per person globally, '''in total''' from all milk & meat from all animals.</big> <small> * '''Side note:''' If animals were also fed crop residues (i.e. the parts that humans can't eat), this number would go up to 12 grams/day protein. * For co...") |
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* '''Side note:''' If animals were also fed [[crop residues]] (i.e. the parts that humans can't eat), this number would go up to 12 grams/day protein. | * '''Side note:''' If animals were also fed [[crop residues]] (i.e. the parts that humans can't eat), this number would go up to 12 grams/day protein. | ||
* For comparison: '''Status quo:''' Currently 16 grams/day protein ([[Code:food2.sql|10g from milk + 6g from meat]]). Much of this comes from cows that are fed '''grains (and other crops)''' that [[plant-based food| | * For comparison: '''Status quo:''' Currently 16 grams/day protein ([[Code:food2.sql|10g from milk + 6g from meat]]). Much of this comes from cows that are fed '''grains (and other crops)''' that [[plant-based food|humans could have eaten]]. | ||
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< | {{minor|Status quo for comparison:<br />Run [[Code:food2.sql]] with query''':'''}} | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang='sql'> | |||
SELECT SUM(protein_grams_per_day_per_capita) FROM summary | |||
WHERE Item="Meat, buffalo" | |||
OR Item="Meat, cattle" | |||
OR Item="Meat, goat" | |||
OR Item="Meat, sheep" | |||
OR Item LIKE "Milk%"; | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
Result: <code>15.8043445906667</code> | |||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
==Transition== | ==Transition== | ||
In the above scenario, there would be '''fewer cows''' than the status quo. {{light|(Populations of other ruminants might be lower too.)}} To reach this, there is '''no''' need for mass culling; farmers would simply '''not breed as many''' animals {{ | In the above scenario, there would be '''fewer cows''' than the status quo. {{light|(Populations of other ruminants might be lower too.)}} To reach this, there is '''no''' need for mass culling; farmers would simply '''not breed as many''' animals{{x|for example, lower rates of artificial insemination until the population stabilizes. Note: The farmers who own ''grain-fed'' cattle would be the ones to reduce breeding rates, more specifically}}. For this to happen, the demand for milk & beef would need to be lower (i.e. people would eat more [[plant-based]]). | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Abolish factory farms]] | * [[Abolish factory farms]] | ||
* [[Livestock inefficiency]] | * [[Livestock inefficiency]]<!-- | ||
* [[Land]] - pastures can't get any bigger without [[deforestation|destroying natural habitats]] {{x|exception maybe: [[convert desert into pasture]]}}--> | |||
* [[Mushrooms]] - a more efficient way to convert [[crop residues]] into protein | * [[Mushrooms]] - a more efficient way to convert [[crop residues]] into protein | ||
* [[Plant-based food]] | * [[Plant-based food]] | ||