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I live in Denmark. We have way more pigs than people here. We export most. Only 2% of our nature isn’t farmland. The farming sector only contributes marginally to our economy, while being responsible for an extraordinary amount of the carbon equivalent.

I look forward to this change, and more like these!

Relevant reading: https://ourworldindata.org/carbon-price

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> The farming sector only contributes marginally to our economy

Dangerous thinking - economic contribution isn't the only factor - so is ease of regulation and food security. There are plenty first-world nations that felt itself too good for some basic industry, only to become externally dependant later.

True, good points. But I would prefer that the land is then used for plant-based food for people instead of (as I recall) 60% for feeding the animals for meat export.

I agree, they should either raise the price of the exported meat, or leave other countries to cultivate their own meat industries. That said, you'd probably need to come up with a good way of employing the extra farmland to justify the move.

60% of Denmark is farmed. 80% of that (ie. 50% of the surface area of the country) is used to grow feed for pigs that get exported. That has absolutely nothing to do with food security.

> has absolutely nothing to do with

sounds like it has 20% possibly to do with food security, so "absolutely nothing" is hyperbole

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