Dori Zook wrote:

> No stats to flesh things out (as it were), but the simple fact of the matter
> is that land exists that cannot support plant foods but CAN be used to feed
> animals.  Here in Colorado alone, there are no doubt hundreds of thousands
> of acres that could be put to good use.  But vegetarians from the People's
> Republic of Boulder would almost surely nip any such efforts in the bud. :)

If you'll look around, there ARE hundreds of thousands of acres in
Colorado that are used as pasture for cattle.  And I don't see any Boulderites
picketing.

But the basic story is the same: the problem with the economic and
environmental impact of meat is the feedlot system.

    Lynnet