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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:00:18 +0000, Martin Willett
> wrote:

>Pete ‹(•¿•)› wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:50:45 -0600, Alan Moorman >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:31:45 -0500, dh@. wrote:
>>>
>>>> From the life and death of a thousand pound grass raised
>>>> steer and whatever he happens to kill during his life, people
>>>> get over 500 pounds of human consumable meat...that's well
>>>> over 500 servings of meat. From a grass raised dairy cow people
>>>> get thousands of dairy servings. Due to the influence of farm
>>>> machinery, and *icides, and in the case of rice the flooding and
>>>> draining of fields, one serving of soy or rice based product is
>>>> likely to involve more animal deaths than hundreds of servings
>>>> derived from grass raised animals. Grass raised animal products
>>>> contribute to fewer wildlife deaths, better wildlife habitat, and
>>>> better lives for livestock than soy or rice products. ·
>>> I'm not a vegetarian, but here are some thoughts:
>>>
>>> Most cattle, be they meat or milk sources, are NOT raised on
>>> grass. They are raised on grain which costs a LOT in terms
>>> of all the machinery used to plant, cultivate, and harvest
>>> them. Lots of petroleum burned.
>>>
>>> Not to mention all the pesticides and fertilizer which are
>>> sprayed on the grains to help them grow. Some of these are
>>> made from petroleum, and all that factories which burn lots
>>> of energy to make.
>>>
>>> Likewise for most other animals we eat -- chickens, pigs,
>>> etc. The amount of energy expended to feed and raise
>>> animals for meat is incredible, and unnecessary!
>>>
>>> Eating vegetarian food eliminates COMPLETELY the vast waste
>>> and expense involved in raising meat animals for human
>>> consumption.
>>>
>>> I still eat meat, but there are VERY good arguments for all
>>> of us eating vegetarian (only).
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>

>>
>> Makes sense.
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>>

>
>So what would happen to the farmer growing the crop that feeds the
>animals?


He would need actually do some work for a change, but if he was
prepared to, he could go organic and feed all of us with veggie
produce.


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