The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:14:30 GMT, Jette >
wrote:
>Julie wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
>NOT going to happen. You'd want to turn the land over to growing
>crops ASAP. Meanwhile you'd have to make sure those animals were fed
>and cared for and housed.
>
>Where?
Grazing animals need grazing land not crops.
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