Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Aliza" <realfood@wonderfulfarm.com>]

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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