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How will we fix the topsoil damage caused by industrial monocropping without grazing animals? We only have a few decades left before our petrochemical dependent
by rhinoceraptor 6y ago
How will we fix the topsoil damage caused by industrial monocropping without grazing animals? We only have a few decades left before our petrochemical dependent agricultural system will be impossible to sustain.
Also, rebuilding topsoil with grazing animals has a side benefit of being a carbon sink.
- etu 6y agoHave you seen an image of a factory farm? They don't fix the soil. They ruin it more by having too many animals in a small space. I'm fine with having smaller amounts of animals in open spaces that goes around and take care of the fields, but today's animal agriculture doesn't take care of that.
- j-pb 6y agoFor every m2 of top soil you repair with grazing animals, you deforest 10 m2 of rainforest to produce their feed.
- LegitShady 6y agoWhat if you don't get your feed from the rainforest? I'm confused with the cause and effect of your statement.
- j-pb 6y agoMost crops grown are for livestock. We grow so much that we've stated to deforest the amazonas for it. You will never be able to feed mainl seaweed, nor by grazing alone. The advantage of soil protection from grazing is thus negated by the additional feed production.
- rhinoceraptor 6y agoThis is utterly false. About 20% of livestock feed is fodder crops and grains. The rest is grass, leaves, and plant matter by-products such as crop residue, oil seed cakes, etc. All things that are inedible to humans. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2211912416300013 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22119...