Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Really it's not either or. Some would say everything in moderation. Plant
what will grow where you are, what you can keep in winter, what you already
like to eat. We're all going to buy or barter foods we don't grow for
whatever reasons. So not everybody needs to raise animals, as not everybody
needs to raise carrots or nectarines. The real environmental impact of
animals is the factory feedlots and acres of cage chickens, and we can eat
just fine without either. Eliminating factory farmed animals would reduce
our meet consumption to a small fraction of what it is, and no doubt we'd
be better off without all the toxics they involve. It would be pretty hard
for most of us to swear off all animal products. It would help if we could
afford only free range chicken and grass fed beef now and then. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/15/2007 at 10:28 AM yarrow@sfo.com wrote:

>At 6:07 AM -0500 5/15/07, E. E. Mitchamore Jr wrote:
>Toward that end:  I concluded that I needed to learn more about what 
>we should EAT for optimum health, so that I could better decide what 
>to GROW.  Extensive study has led me to a conundrum.  Apparently, our 
>health and fitness is best served my consumption of some animal 
>protein and fats.  The Environment is best served by consumption of 
>mostly vegetarian food.
>....
>
>My extensive research has led me to the conclusion that any 
>consumption of animal products is detrimental to my health and 
>fitness as well as to the health of the environment. Plants 
>(vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes) offer the full range of 
>nutrients without the load of heavy metals, antibiotics, hormones, 
>and other industrial detritus found in animal products, without any 
>cholesterol, and without cancer-promoting agents such as milk protein 
>(and excessive protein intake in general).
>
>(Also, I'm not assuming you have, but just in case you've done all 
>your research on the internet, be aware that a couple of rabidly 
>antivegetarian organizations have developed extensive web sites that 
>publish lots of misinformation. Make sure you can trace your 
>information back to peer-reviewed studies and credentialed 
>researchers.)