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The myth of food production "efficiency" in the "ar" debate
"pearl" > wrote in message ...
> "Jim Webster" > wrote in message ...
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> > no, you just don't understand what you are talking about I'm afraid.
> > The increased fertility of the lowlands is also due to grazing, grazing can
> > be used to improve land where land is capable of being improved through
> > grazing
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> 'Worldwide, grasses of more than 10,000 species once covered
> more than 1/4 of the land. They supported the world's greatest
> masses of large animals. Of the major ecotypes, grassland
> produces the deepest, most fertile topsoil and has the most
> resistance to soil erosion. Livestock production has damaged
> the Earth's grassland more than has any other land use, and has
> transformed roughly half of it to desertlike condition. Lester
> Brown of the Worldwatch Institute reports that "Widespread
> grassland degradation [from livestock grazing] can now be seen
> on every continent."
> ..'
> http://www.apnm.org/waste_of_west/Chapter6.html
Correct link: http://www.wasteofthewest.com/Chapter6.html .
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