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"Autymn D. C." > wrote in message oups.com...
> pearl wrote:
> > "Autymn D. C." > wrote in message oups.com...
> > > pearl wrote:
> > > > http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases...stock.hrs.html
> > >
> > > Hmm, these seem like meat costs five times less to transport than
> > > grains, by heft. Remember that the sun pays for feed, for free.

> >
> > ???

>
> !!!


Uhuh..

> > > > 272,000,000 x 7.5 = 2,040,000,000 animals dying in pasture.
> > >
> > > > over twice as much land is harvested for livestock, ergo
> > > > over twice as many collateral deaths than for food crops.
> > >
> > > dying how??

> >
> > Sowing, spraying, harvesting- every pass of the machinery.

>
> Let the animals do it.


'Pastures that have been overgrazed and in which such
soil-improving practices as liming, fertilizing, and seeding
have been neglected lose a part of the feed nutrients required
by livestock. Good management of pastures also calls for
rotation of animals, because the composition of manure,
which affects the nutrients in the soil, varies with the kind
of animal being grazed, and also because different animals
graze on different species of pasturage plants. Among other
requirements are a sufficient water supply, trees to provide
shade, and eradication of weeds. ...'
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0837821.html



 
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