RE: Taking Back Control of Our Food Production: What's Already Being Done
All so true...sad but you have to be vigilant in the store with every single purchase. Best not to go at all....That is why I drive 2 hours each way for raw milk and grow our own (grass fed only)ducks and beef. Not to mention my own fruit and vegetable co-op. So many people have no idea how poison their food is.
Great Article!
Melissa
"Eating a vegan diet withdraws support from all the intensive and abusive animal farming methods. It also creates less demand for the breeding and production of huge amounts of animals which cause air pollution via their digestive systems and ground pollution if their waste isn't managed correctly." Grass fed cows improve the land at our ranch you can see the difference in the lands that are eaten and left to be overtaken by invasive grasses that are not edible....i have a difference of opinion here but i do agree ...you are correct regarding feed lots and grain fed rumen destroying, factory milk and meat farms.
I believe the US is probably the worst country for poisoning its food and the leader in the war on it. How America deals with it could have a big affect on whether we can manage to fight it in countries like Australia as GMO stats to encroach more here.
Sounds like you're managing your animals' waste the right way, the way nature intended! This is why we need to go back to this sort of farming method which encourages the natural cycle between plants and animals. I would also like to find out if cattle feeding how they are supposed to feed produce much less greenhouse gases. There seems to be some indication they do. However, sadly, most of our meat and dairy is still produced the monoculture way at the moment.
Interestingly, I looked into how many buffalo used to populate America. They think about 60 million. So that's a lot of cattle supported on the land in natural balance with nature. The current level of domestic cattle is 90 million though. So cutting back on meat consumption is still not a bad idea. It does make you think on these arguments that we can't produce enough without intensive farming.
Thank you four your feedback Melissa. I really appreciate it.
i agree that people do eat far too much protein from animals...it is not necessary at all. I have a 12 year old who is right at 6 feet. He has it available everyday but does not always opt for me to make meat for him. He likes it but does naturally choose other items. We are blessed to have many other choices. :)
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