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  • From: "Aliza" <realfood@wonderfulfarm.com>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Agriculture and Food Consumption
  • Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:53:27 -0700

Actually Paul I was saying the more important piece is to change the way we grow our critters:o)

Aliza

----- Original Message ----- From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Agriculture and Food Consumption



Yes, and I believe that's the whole point. Lower beef consumption and you
lower beef production.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 10/13/2007 at 11:00 AM Aliza wrote:

I am getting so tired of this whole grain/water consumption commentary
about
livestock. It is only a truth within the context of the conventional ag
community. Lots of folks out there doing pasture fed (no or almost no
grain) meats and dairy. While reduced consumption is helpful the biggest
help will come from changing the way we grow our meats and dairy.

Aliza

<<<<<Because livestock are heavy consumers of grain, water, and land,
reevaluating our levels of meat consumption is another key step toward
balanced living. The Worldwatch Institute reports: "Perhaps the greatest
potential for increasing food use efficiency lies in reducing consumption
of meat...[R]educing consumption of [livestock], especially beef, could
free up massive quantities of grain and reduce pressures on
land."(2)>>>>>>





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