Joanna Sheldon wrote:
>
> I'll pre-counter by
> noting that there's a lot of land you can't grow soybeans on (to say
> nothing of corn and wheat) that'll grow great lambs, goats, rabbits,
> chickens and pigs, as well as small cattle: brush land, woodland, highland
> pasture growing directly over bedrock, and mountainous terrrain where you
> can't use a tractor.
Actually, the only 'crop' that should be grown on The Great Plains is
grass for the most part. Certainly not wheat and corn. Water!!!!!!! The
ancient aquifers are being destroyed and are irreplacable. I believe
huge areas of China are not appropriate for grain production.
Usaians eat far too much meat -- and it need not be so tender, but meat
raised as Joanna suggests (plus cattle in reasonable numbers on what are
or should be grasslamds rather than plowed lands) must always remain a
core part of the human diet for ecological reasons.
Carrol
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