[VegChat] The Organic Myth

[uHuman]

you're more than likely right ! annoying mind confusing claims, even in
interesting articles !
so you're saying so-called farming practices have damaged the earth.
did you see this chart of what would happen if there were suddenly no humans
around:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/doom_1.php
i figure 50,000 years about does it. Or we could just treat the earth with
respect
and live in a healthy environment.

u


On 10/23/06, Kevin J. Smith <hockeysk8 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This was a very good article but it wrongly tries to tie increased land
> resource use on organic farming when that is simply not the case.  An
> organic carrot and a chemical laden carrot take up the same amount of
> space.  In the article, land use problems were always in conjunction with
> producing meat and dairy products.  A meat/dairy based diet simply does not
> scale.  In our attempts to scale meat and dairy production and drive profits
> we have perverted the concept of farming so far that we can't reverse the
> practices to anything close to acceptable from a natural/humane/organic
> perspective.  And as such, they are having difficulty meeting the demand for
> organic meat and dairy products.  This further crystallizes in my mind that
> the only hope for our society is to adopt a plant based diet, if not for
> ethical reasons then for the simple survival of our own species.
>
> On 10/22/06, uHuman <uhuman at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The Organic Myth
> > Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market
> >
> > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_42/b4005001.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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