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> So meat and crop production are not a zero sum game and can even be complementary (crop farmers used to always have chickens, etc). 100%. And, based on the d
by hosh 3y ago
> So meat and crop production are not a zero sum game and can even be complementary (crop farmers used to always have chickens, etc).
100%. And, based on the design, it can not only be complementary, there can be synesthetic effects that end up making even better use of the land.
Another example besides chickens might be, adding water-harvesting features on hilly uplands (that livestock grazes), which replenishes the ground water that are made available to the crop lands.