Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
www.telegraph.co.uk
Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health
  • InappropriateEmote [comrade/them, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    we could potentially feed the country for free.

    We could right now. Not potentially, but completely and easily. With the amount of food that is intentionally just destroyed to maintain profits, we could do it. That’s not to mention all the food that even makes onto the market and gets distributed but is thrown out at grocery stores and restaurants because it didn’t sell fast enough, then tossed into dumpsters with bleach poured on it so unhoused people can’t even dumpster dive for subsistence. The amount of food is not the issue, not at all. As always, it’s the system and the greed of capitalists that perpetuate it that is the problem.

    That said, I don’t mean to detract from anything in your comment because it’s accurate and you’re right.

    • roux [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Yeah for sure but I was just referring to a hypothetical where we just stop using the money that is for factory farm subsidies and use it for sustainable plant-based ag.

      In a better world, we wouldn’t be throwing away 40% of the food made because it wasn’t able to turn a profit. But in a better world, the US probably wouldn’t spend $800 billion a year killing poor brown people in other countries too.

      And tbh, attempting to pursue the food waste issues you mentioned might be an easier route to feed the population.

      Probably won’t happen since capitalism absolutely has to turn a profit even at the cost of people living.