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On Nov 21, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Lawrence London wrote:
Russia’s small-scale organic agriculture model may hold the key to
feeding
the world | True Activist
http://www.trueactivist.com/russias-small-scale-organic-agriculture-model-may-hold-the-key-to-feeding-the-world/
Just to continue my theme, this is countered by
Due to a lack of local supply, Russia imports around 40 percent of its
food consumption
http://www.nzte.govt.nz/explore-export-markets/market-research-by-industry/Food-and-beverage/Pages/Food-and-beverage-market-in-Russia.aspx
Russia is, I believe, the largest food importer in the world. They are just
over half-way to feeding themselves. So of the numbers in that report, 90%
of their potatoes, 59% of meat, etc., should be cut roughly in half, since
the meaningful percent is "of the food consumed by Russians," instead of
"grown by Russians." The main reason they aren't all starving is that they
sell vast amounts of oil for food. 35 million small farms aren't doing it.
I must have gotten up on the doomer side of the bed this morning.
Toby
http://patternliteracy.com
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