You'd need it to eat grass, but the article doesn't say anything about humans eating grass.
> With only grass-fed livestock, individual Americans would still get more than the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of meat and dairy protein, according to Pimentel's report, "Livestock Production: Energy Inputs and the Environment."
Michelle Obama took a stab at updating it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyPlate) with quite a bit of wailing and gnashing of teeth from industry and right-wing groups (https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/03/michelle-obama...).
it seems your misunderstanding results from the phrase "we'll be set", I think you took this general phrase to mean "we'll all be able to eat grain", yes?
if so, what the term actually means is, "we will be well prepared for the future", something that being able to eat grass would hypothetically help us with, since it would theoretically open up even more food options to more people
I'm not sure why some HN discussions turn into a lesson on object permanence.
in this case, since growing 4 stomachs is obviously not a serious suggestion, the post was flippant, like,
"now we just need Mr. Fusion bionic stomachs and we'll be set [so we can burn trash, in addition to grass, in addition to grain... this bracketed part is the implied portion of the joke that usually doesn't need to be said]",
since the term "then we'll be set" is almost always used to describe the next step in improving something.
improve upon what, you may ask? your own idea! lol. the humor of the joke is that the suggestion is silly.