"There can be no question that more hunger can be alleviated with a
given quantity of grain by completely eliminating animals [from the food
production process]. [ ... ] Thus, a given quantity of grain eaten
directly will feed 5 times as many people as it will if it is first fed
to livestock and then is eaten indirectly by humans in the form of
livestock products..."
~ M. E. Ensminger
Ph.D., former Department of Animal Science Chairman at Washington
State University
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