"Jonathan Ball" > wrote in message
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> OF COURSE "this country" could be fed without raising any
> farm animals.
>

Try living in a Northern climate without farm animals or meat. Fact: Eskimos
who cannot procure themselves with meat starve to death. Cour de bois (sp?)
( French fur traders) starved to death in Canada's wilderness despite the
fact that they ate rabbits. The rabbits did not provide enougn fat to allow
the traders to fight the cold. Siberian dwellers on a recent Discovery
channel show dealing with extreme climates laughed in the face of the host
when he asked them if they would become vegans. They pointed out that
veganism wouldn't be too healthy if it killed them from failure to provide
fat.