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.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">uHuman</b> <<a href="mailto:uhuman@gmail.com">uhuman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>The Organic Myth <br><font>Pastoral ideals are getting trampled as organic food goes mass market</font></div>
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