On Mar 8, 2:52*pm, "Jim Webster"
> wrote:
> "Jill" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > Jim Webster wrote:
> >>>>> ------- Land which is called 'marginal' is in reality essential to
> >>>>> wildlife as natural habitat - it's some kind of natural ecosystem.
> >>>>> Possibly including valuable human-edible and medicinal plants.---
>
> >>>> nonsense, you forget these landscapes were created by grazing, in
> >>>> the UK water meadows, grazing marshes and the Lakeland fells and
> >>>> uplands are all created by grazing animals
>
> >>> What was there before?
>
> >> when?
>
> > Ice would not be far off?
>
> then some scrub timber, nothing of any size,
>
>
>
> >>> "An acre of cereal produces five times more protein than an acre
>
> >> fine pearl, here is the offer, I can put at your disposal one acre,
> >> show us how it is done
>
> > hmmmm me thinks this has a familiar ring
>
> I am willing to consider making the offer to any vegan who wishes to prove
> that they can live off an acre without buying any food from elsewhere
>
> Jim Webster

In fairness they would most likely be up against economies of scale
and their inexperience.