Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists

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64. There's a thing called "management-intensive grazing"...

And, as much as people would like to believe it's "free-range" as usual, it's different. Cows are managed in tightly controlled paddocks (blocks of grass, essentially - or, fields-within-fields), and moved around daily for maximum grazing and maximum efficiency. Not only are you getting the most out of the field, you're getting the most out of your meat (in quantity and nutrient density). Farmer Joel Salatin produces more meat per acre than any factory farm (remember, factory farms are not only limited to the concrete warehouses where the cows/animals live...you have to take into account the acres and acres of fields used to grow corn/soy/grain feed).

Not only that, grazing herbivores - through management-intensive grazing - are one of the most efficacious ways to build our soils. Which is something we drastically need to do if we want to grow food at all. I had a thread on this elsewhere:

To Kick Climate Change, Replace Corn With Pastured Beef

And there's this:

At our current rate of soil depletion through industrial farming methods (that goes for "vegetarian" crops), some scientists believe we have 50 years of good topsoil left. And, guess what they agree is the best method to turn back on/revivify the soil once/if that happens? Rotational grazing of cattle.

Nature works in symbiosis. The smartest thing we could do is mimic it with light guidance. To do otherwise is to expedite our (and the environment's) collapse.

(And that's not to mention the health benefits. Vitamin B12 - which plays "a key role in the normal functioning of the brain and nervous system" - is exclusively available through animal products. Dietary fats from meat and animal products are also hugely beneficial. This lecture is worth a watch:

How Bad Science and Big Business Created the Obesity Epidemic

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