[bryanlarsen]

This is of course not unique to animal farming. Where I grew up animal farming is much more environmentally friendly than grain farming. It uses green water and native prairie, without chemical use or plowing. (Plowing is generally much more environmentally destructive than chemical use).

In Saskatchewan, higher pricing of externalities would increase animal production, not lower it.

[sleepyhead]

> Where I grew up

Well that is the problem here. Farming has changed. Particularly so in America. A handful slaughterhouses, heavy corn use, chemically power washed eggs, all within a framework that is made for economical returns and not animal welfare or taste. And it is not a US-only problem. Denmark for example is facing huge issues with pig farming and here in Norway we are seeing problems with use of antibiotics in chickens.