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@adrianN: You are talking about what is called marginal land in agriculture and environmental science. Recent research shows that even marginal land has a bette
by shafyy 6y ago
@adrianN: You are talking about what is called marginal land in agriculture and environmental science. Recent research shows that even marginal land has a better GHG balance when left untouched and not grazed by livestock
It's always better plant and eat the food directly than to feed it to an animal.
Of course, if you're in a scenario where you live on a small island with no connection to the outside world, and you only have marginal land, yes, you need might need to have livestock to survive. But that's not what we're talking about here.
- adrianN 6y agoThat is interesting. Do you have a link to that research?
- shafyy 6y agoHere's a good study on carbon opportunity cost of land: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00603-4.epdf?sharing_token=lgXbpAbkjFrSjOabh_v66NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0P77FyzGHe2tktE9ZrHAccCF62Zbhw7v9AoX05gp9lKKfvbGYiWvEkliPbe2e81XovvLyHq-XdiyAuDp2Urehw6kn5U8rgjMFeDp4GZPLLotA9UA4C2XbmuaoSDw0f-0Xo%3D https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00603-4.epdf?shar...
- adrianN 6y agoThank you!
- VBprogrammer 6y agoOf course marginal land which is left untouched has no monetary or food value. What is the value of the difference between grazed and ungrazed? Is it enough to justify paying people to leave it fallow?