And in the US, corn burned for ethanol, which is 40% or so of it.  Now plenty of that food value is passed on to animals, the largest byproduct is &quot;distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS)&quot;, which is 31% by weight of the original corn, so it&#x27;s not entirely wasted on that boondoggle today, but <i>all</i> of it could be redirected.  Europe also has biofuels programs, doesn&#x27;t it?<p>The title of your link: &quot;<i>U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat, Cornell ecologist advises animal scientists</i>&quot;<p>What, and give them type 2 diabetes?!?!!<p>Seriously, a lot of the usual suspects should reconsider their animus towards animal husbandry in the light of the increasing evidence the move to a low fat, high carbohydrate diet caused and is causing untold morbidity and mortality.