[baremetal]

>It's orders of magnitude less destructive.

Citation needed.

I'm not sure you've ever been around industrial scale mono-cropping agriculture. The amount of pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides is astronomical.

And you are worried about a little cow poop? Which is natural and beneficial to the soil? Have you ever heard of regenerative agriculture? That is what I practice.

We live in such an alarmist society one can read a few headlines and think the world is going to end. Or think they are educated about a topic.

[dmbche]

Great for you that you do regenerative agriculture. You realise that the amount of money you needed to get to a point where that's an option to feed yourself is impossible to accrue for the vast, vast majority of the population? And - while not knowing your exact situation - I doubt you make a living off of this.

So it's a little off topic - regenerative agriculture is not going to feed the world. It's a little "I got mine, fuck the next guy" kind of thinking - not meant as a jab.

We're not going away from mono crops and fertilizer use anytime soon.

It's trivial to show that to feed animals, we have to grow food - monocultures actually. So not raising animals lets us grow less food - less fertilizer. We also cut down transportation of the feed, heating for the animals, running costs, and excrement production.

I am well aware that growing plants is not a clean, pure and friendly thing. But raising animals multiplies anything negative you find about growing plants.

(And about alarmism - I'm not reading headlines, I'm visiting farms, working on them and chatting with farmers, scientists and lawyers on the subject. I'm not just telling you to watch Cowspiracy or whatnot)

[TrispusAttucks]

Wrong person

[dmbche]

Thanks for the kinds words, take good care !

[dmbche]

Ha - funny.