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  • From: herb farmer <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] How the Demise of Agribusiness Would Save us All
  • Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 22:32:36 -0600


How the Demise of Agribusiness Would Save us All excerpt

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/13/1392971/-How-the-Demise-of-Agribusiness-Would-Save-us-All

Another consideration when discussing the requirements of industrialized farming is the amount of water necessary to sustain such operations.  According to data assembled by the Pacific Institute and National Geographic, “a single egg takes 53 gallons of water to produce.  A pound of chicken, 168 gallons.  A gallon of milk, 880 gallons.  And a pound of beef, 1,800 gallons of water.”  The UNEP study and these water usage estimates suggest that “arable land and water…are all wasted in a factory farm model.”  The Union of Concerned Scientists have also weighed in with a study, The Healthy Farmland Diet.  They examine the results that occur when  vast amounts of resources are devoted to producing foods and feed for livestock.  Their “analysis finds that transitioning the American diet to one that includes less processed food and meat,  and more fruits and vegetables would significantly shift todays corn-and soybean-dominated farm landscape to one that is more diversified.  In turn, a landscape that produces a healthier mix of crops and livestock for local and regional markets can have positive effects – not only in improved nutrition and health for consumers but also in the form of significant benefits for the environment and farm country’s local economies.”


The average American consumes more than 300 gallons of California water each week by eating food that was produced there. 
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/21/us/your-contribution-to-the-california-drought.html?_r=1



  • [Livingontheland] How the Demise of Agribusiness Would Save us All, herb farmer, 06/15/2015

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