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Default The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:43:46 GMT, Jette >
wrote:

>Rudy Canoza wrote:
>> Julie wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 14:02:13 -0000, "Jill" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Julie wrote:
>>>>> No Jim that's a blatant lie. When was the last time anyone saw
>>>>> livestock grazing on a well managed arable farm?
>>>>>
>>>> So you agree with all artificial inputs to replenish the land?
>>>
>>> No. We have a choice?

>>
>> Organic farming virtually requires animal manure. But if "vegans"
>> suppress animal husbandry, there won't be any manure. Kind of a
>> paradox, eh?

>
>And for those who claim to care about the animals, it seems callous to
>want to slaughter all the livestock so that you can turn pasture over
>to growing crops humans can eat.
>Or were they planning to just let them just starve to death on the
>land that was left?


You just let them live their lives out and start afresh when that's
done. Easy really, but that's why we need to act now.