Veggie Hugger or Meat Lover?
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- Blog, Meat Industry, Organic Food & Farming
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010, 4:27 PM
Weighing in here on the Mother Jones debate about meat vs. vegetarianism.
I found the other “experts” posts interesting and the commentary sharp. Was surprised to read Joel Salatin say this, though:
5. All of the negatives associated with meat, dairy, and poultry consumption stem from non-pastured production models and/or monospeciation. This includes both nutritional problems (i.e. colon cancer from red meat) to environmental considerations (i.e. irrigation water required to grow grain). This also includes humane farming considerations. In addition, far more herbivores (bison) existed in the Americas 600 years ago than exist today: The notion that methane from burping herbivores causes climate change is both unscientific and ridiculous.
Take a look at the rebuttal over at the Center for a Livable Future.
