How much meat can be produced pr. acre ?   (organic farming)

Esben

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul Getty <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [P-F] What if Everyone Did It?


> One thing to remember is that although you can feed a lot of people per acre
> when growing grains, generally the way grains are grown is devastating to
> the soil, and it may be some day that our soils will not be adequate for
> grain growing because of such destruction.  Grass fed animals do not do
> nearly the damage as the tilling and fertilizing with chemicals and the
> herbicides and insecticides and fungicides.
> 
> P
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Swayze" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 9:50 AM
> Subject: What if Everyone Did It?
> 
> 
> > One issue that I've not seen discussed is the idea of whether and to what
> degree
> > the paleo diet would be sustainable if all the people on this planet
> decided to
> > follow it.  I know that it takes something like ten to twenty times more
> land
> > for a hunter gatherer than for a farmer.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Jim Swayze
> >
> >
>