On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:52:59PM +0200, John McAllister wrote:
> At the risk of becoming a stirrer Ricki Coughlin's posting about becoming a
> vegan was very noble I'm sure, but it tends to oversimplify the problem
> somewhat.
> I don't know about Aus, but in South Africa many rare an highly threatened
> grassland bird (and other taxa as well) are in trouble because their habitat
> has been irreversibly transformed by CROP farmers.
The FAO reckons one third of global cereal production is fed to livestock.
In terms of energy (kilojoules) and protein produced this is much less
efficient than consuming the grain directly. A consequence is, overall,
consumption of animals increases the area needed for crops as well as
the area need for grazing.
Andrew Taylor
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