Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gcc-opus.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!gcc-opus!alien From: alien@gcc-opus.ARPA (Alien Wells) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Flame Broiled Veal Message-ID: <152@gcc-opus.ARPA> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 11:48:45 EST Article-I.D.: gcc-opus.152 Posted: Thu Nov 29 11:48:45 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Dec-84 05:14:36 EST References: <114@normac.UUCP> <417@cepu.UUCP> Reply-To: alien@gcc-opus.UUCP (Alien Wells) Organization: General Computer Company, Cambridge Ma (creators of Ms. Pacman) Lines: 16 Summary: > Way back when (in the 70's) a favorite flame of the Granola/natural-food/ >'ecology'<-NOTE the quotes>/vegitarian-is-better freaks was the fact that it >takes about 20 acre/years of land use to feed one steer to market weight >('This land is being wasted, lets plant it in soybeans/lentels/rice'). >One thing that they missed is that the land used for grazing is almost >useless for farming (poor soil, low rainfall, &tc, &tc). >I would agree that Feedlot fattening is an inefficent use of resources. With modern techniques, 1 pound of chicken is grown using less than 2 pounds of feed. This is why chicken has changed from a luxury food (remember 'A chicken in every pot'?) to a staple. Of course, even if this makes the 'ecology/vegitarian(sic)-is-better freaks' happy, it doesn't make the 'chickens have dignity too' people happy ... Alien