I imagine some grazing land could be converted, but I do think most of it is used for grazing because that's about all it's good for. My family used to graze a small herd on land that could /almost/ be used to grow grain (with lots of chemical help), but definitely not vegetables.
Maybe worth mentioning that poultry feed is grains and "mostly" edible in theory (though maybe not in today's practice), and poultry is the largest segment of meat in the US?
Also relevant are that per-capita meat consumption in the US has gone up dramatically in the last 50 years, and so has the average caloric intake. Looking at history, it seems like we have room to downsize some, right?
> poultry feed is grains and "mostly" edible in theory
Yeah, some of them definitely. We fed our chickens a fair bit of wheat, which of course makes good bread. Plenty of field corn too, which... I guess if you like corn chips as much as I do... okay! Poultry and eggs might be better for you than loading up on grains though.
> per-capita meat consumption in the US has gone up dramatically in the last 50 years, and so has the average caloric intake
Perhaps as little as double those fifty years ago it would have been unthinkable that even the poorest among us could be troubled by obesity. We live in an age of riches and I guess we're still figuring out how that works. What a problem to have, though!
> it seems like we have room to downsize some, right?
This is perhaps the most amusingly uncontroversial thing I've read on the Internet lately. Thank you
