On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:50:43 +0000, Oz >
wrote:

>Buddenbrooks > writes
>> I assume that there is a difference between a claim that one acre can
>>produce enough food for a person, and that a specific acre can do so.
>> A million acres can support a million people may be correct (or not).

>Pearl seems to think that forage acres are just as good as arable acres.

No she doesn't. Land is land and there is no such thing as forage
acres you bullshitter. You can do anything with any land once it's
prepared properly.

>Anyway, in the UK, for most soils, pretty well any lowland acre can be
>farmed arably BY HAND.

Well there you go, who's a clever boy then! At last the message is
getting through.

Now perhaps you could explain why the CLA seem to think otherwise?