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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

Just switching to pastured animals would free up the need for tons of 
grain. And grain is one of the things where I think large farms have the 
advantage over small farms. Grazing/haying land is far more ecologically 
sound than raising grain for animals, and marginal land that isn't 
useful for much else can become decent pasture. Imagine the benefits of 
having more locally-raised meat...no more huge centralized meat packers, 
no more feedlots, no trucking meat around the country.

I've read many studies that show that smaller farms produce more per 
acre than large farms. Millions of small farms could easily feed this 
country, but we'd need millions of farmers. Wanted: people who will do 
physical labor for many hours a day and earn very little money. With no 
paid vacation or health insurance benefits. Hmmm...


Lynn Wigglesworth

Gene GeRue wrote:
> On Oct 16, 2008, at 10:00 AM, EarthNSky wrote:
> 
>> Socialists at work.  Family farms don't feed as many people as
>> government subsidized(i.e.bailedout) corporate farms do...
> 
> Alas, this is true. Has anyone seen any reliable figures on how small  
> farmers could feed our population?
> 
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