A response,

Cattle raised free range do not take 10X the amount of grain.
If they would just stop fattening up cattle on corn
then the ecological impact would be greatly reduced.


On the religous aspects, I was comming more from
the Mormon perspective where the word of wisdom says...

12. Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord,
have ordained for the use of man
with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;

13. And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in
times of winter, or of cold, or
famine.

(Whole text at http://www.primenet.com/~idic/peyote/wisdom.html)


R. Keene