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"You mean you planted that whole acreage with seed, let them grow, watered and fertilized them all the while, just to cut them down, chop them up and ship that
by notyourwork 10y ago
"You mean you planted that whole acreage with seed, let them grow, watered and fertilized them all the while, just to cut them down, chop them up and ship that to people?"
- soheil 10y agoWe think alike!
- sanswork 10y agoThis would work better if we didn't have to grow more plant material to feed the meat than just feeding ourselves directly.
- toomanybeersies 10y agoThat's a very American thing to grow crops and ship them off to other farmers to feed their animals. Most meat animals (or at least goats, sheep, and cows) worldwide feed on whatever grows on the ground (whether that be turnips, grass, or something else).
- sanswork 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_feeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_feeding says that 9% of beef is raised by grazing. Poultry is going to be almost all feed. Along with Pork. Those are the 3 biggest sources of meat by far.
- 1123581321 10y ago"Why should salt suffer?" (http://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/napoleon-of-notting-hill/1/ http://www.online-literature.com/chesterton/napoleon-of-nott...)
- Mathnerd314 10y agoHydroponics is actually a ton easier (at scale): http://www.epicgardening.com/hydroponics-vs-soil/ http://www.epicgardening.com/hydroponics-vs-soil/ Seems like a good argument.
- halcyondaze 10y agoAppreciate you sharing this, I wrote this years ago and am glad to see it's still getting traction :)
- pyre 10y agoHydroponics works better for some things than others.
- kazagistar 10y agoHow about energy consumption and material requirements?