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Benefits for environmental sustainability of vegan diets for dogs, cats and people (lemmy.ca)

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[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

from the abstract

We then analysed the potential of replacing food-competing feedstuff—here cereals, whole fish, vegetable oils and pulses that account for 15% of total feed use—with food system by-products and residues.

a distinct minority of animal feed competes with human food

[–] Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Yes, humans cannot eat grass (for example), but grass is also not a byproduct. And fields used to grow grass could be used either for other (human-edible) crops, habitation or for wildlife restoration.

[–] commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

fields used to grow grass could be used either for other (human-edible) crops

some. I doubt that's true for most grasslands.