tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768437340633469224.post1818727241463906618..comments2013-08-31T18:29:11.252-07:00Comments on Like That Scene From Rocky: Vegan Challenge: Veganism and World HungerElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11131695210592979061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768437340633469224.post-49895243065107552802012-01-21T06:52:32.171-08:002012-01-21T06:52:32.171-08:00You bring up some excellent points.
America's...You bring up some excellent points. <br />America's aid agency, USAID, has a policy of sending US grain during food crises that is certainly damaging. Buying food crops locally not only gets you more food for the same price (more bang for your buck!) but also builds the local economy. Canada, on the other hand, has recently changed their aid response to include buying a portion of food crops locally. <br />In regards to the inefficiency of raising cattle - I meant it relative to eating a strictly plant based diet. I definitely agree that grass fed cattle is preferable to corn fed cattle, but, echoing your point, not all cattle is grass fed.<br />Thanks so much for your insightful comments! Keep 'em coming!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11131695210592979061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768437340633469224.post-5250717166439837662011-12-17T01:40:18.968-08:002011-12-17T01:40:18.968-08:00Wait what happens if a drought hits? All the plant...Wait what happens if a drought hits? All the plants will die and so nothing would have changed, we still would have hungry people. Besides that, we currently send over grain, which is actually has a negative effect on them. The reason is that it makes them dependent them on us, an not on themselves. Driving out the local farmers with our cheap grain. Anyway you stated that raising animals is inefficient. I agree to a degree, our current way of raising them may be inefficient, but not in a specific farm and certainly not in the wild. Joel Salatin's farm is one example, in it he grows cattle that don't require grain. What they eat is actually what they are supposed to eat, grass. Grass gets it's energy from the sun, then the cow eats the grass, simple. What we currently do is grow corn, using large of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizer. Then we ship it over the cow where we first lace it with medication and steroids. Then the cow eats it. Complicated, no? The result is Joel's meat is actually cleaner than tour current meat. It is not the animal that is inefficient, but we are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7768437340633469224.post-38574164288069792382011-04-20T14:33:21.662-07:002011-04-20T14:33:21.662-07:00Good point you make in regards to substituting a v...Good point you make in regards to substituting a vegan ingredient into a non vegan dish. Our brains tell us we are eating quiche but our taste buds disagree, maybe we should call the new dish something else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com