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Factory Farming
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Organic Farming/Food/Cotton
Pesticide
Monoculture
Multicropping
Intercropping
Permaculture
Buy Local
The Story of Food: food travels a lot farther than it used to, farmers are going extinct,
corn is grown for fuel, 1 out of 6 are overeating, 1 out of 6 are malnourished, GMOs
are everywhere
The EPA estimates that 25% of the nations methane (CH4) emissions come from
livestock.
A Food & Agriculture study said meat production is responsible for 18% of overall
greenhouse gas emissions.
Meat is Less Efficient
The average fossil energy input for animal protein is 25 kcal fossil energy input
per 1 kcal of protein produced
This energy input is more than 11 times greater than that for grain protein
production about 2.2 kcal of fossil energy input per 1 kcal of plant protein
produced (for corn).
Animal protein, based on its amino acid profile, has about 1.4 times the biological
value of grain protein, so feeding people with vegetable proteins takes about 1/8 the
fossil energy inputs of meat.
At present, the US livestock population consumes more than 7 times as much grain
as is consumed directly by the entire American population.
Health
A number of studies have found that people who eat vegetarian diets have lower
rates of chronic disease and often live longer than those on predominantly meat-
based diets (Fraser 2009, Jacobs 2009).
The American Dietetic Association, the worlds largest organization of nutrition
experts, maintains that vegetarians have less obesity and lower rates of chronic
medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and hypertension (Craig 2009).
Meatless Monday
Factory Farming jamming animals into one space, feeding them uniformed diets,
lots of waste issues, raising animals just to be eaten. Should there be a law to
prohibit/regulate antibiotics with animals?
Intercropping using one field to grow more than one type of crop
Three Sisters Traditional Native American intercropping or companion planting:
corn, beans, and squash.
Drip Irrigation