Not The Onion

22731 readers

1566 users here now

Welcome

We're not The Onion! Not affiliated with them in any way! Not operated by them in any way! All the news here is real!

The Rules

Posts must be:

Links to news stories from...
...credible sources, with...
...their original headlines, that...
...would make people who see the headline think, “That has got to be a story from The Onion, America’s Finest News Source.”

Please also avoid duplicates.

Comments and post content must abide by the server rules for Lemmy.world and generally abstain from trollish, bigoted, ableist, or otherwise disruptive behavior that makes this community less fun for everyone.

And that’s basically it!

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

kescusay@lemmy.world

192

Farmed salmon are now being fed chicken - and it might actually be better than the status quo (www.thejournal.ie)

submitted 23 hours ago by Infrapink@thebrainbin.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

85 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Now, increased demand for traditional fishmeal – which is made from small species caught in the open ocean – has sent the industry scrambling for alternatives.

The stuff being used to make fish feed is a byproduct of the poultry industry – it’s what is left over after the parts of the chicken consumed by humans and the remains used for cat and dog food have been removed.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Is that surprising? At all? It's literally in our nature.

I mean, no offense but I will continue to do what I can to be able to eat meat, it makes my life better.

I'm all for synthetic meats, or lab grown meats, as those become available. If there are more sustainable options, great. (As long as it tastes like meat)

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The nature of humans is absolutely not to eat meat everyday.

If anything, it's much more natural for humans to go without meat, than to eat meat everyday.

Also cancer is rarely making your life better.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

It is the nature of humans to crave meat, we enjoy it. That's the real issue. There is a very real quality of life benefit it provides to us. Maybe you don't need that, and if so, that's great for you. But because it really does make life better for so many people, you're not going to see the majority of humans giving up meat any time soon. That's the reality.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nah dude, I love the taste of meat but I am 99% vegetarian since 2012 or so and we absolutely don't "crave" meat. That's a learned habit. Find enjoyable vegetarian meals and you will eat less and less meat.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, I lived mostly vegetarian for several years as well, I get it. It's totally doable, you do sort of get used to it. But when I stopped cooking for vegetarians, I went back to eating meat, and it was a relief.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 46 minutes ago

Not for the livestock, it wasn't. :p