Cattle and Land Use: The Differences between Arable Land and Marginal Land and How Cattle Use Each
Simply put, land use refers to how we use the land. It represents the economic and cultural activities such as agricultural, residential, industrial, mining and recreational use with respect to human activity and is an important consideration when discussi...
Yes. Eating meat has saved humanity in dire times.
Indigenous arctic people EAT MEAT and blubber!
Not much arable land, and very short summer season. But lots of seals and salmon and four-legged beasts to eat.
Very good article. Thanks for taking the time to share it!
You are welcome! I tried to find a way to explain it. These charts are undeniable!
The vegan concept is a lie! They say, meat takes more acres to raise than plants, but do NOT tell you that meat animals range over acres and acres of arid and semi-arid land where no one can raise vegetables!! AND the animals eat vegetation that humans cannot digest, and turn it into delicious protein and fat that we CAN digest! Mother Nature allows humans to survive in some inhospitable climates, BECAUSE animals can live there! And our ancestors at least, were wise enough to eat them!
That is why the Homestead Act increased the number of acres when more western lands were opened up. It takes more acres to make a living with grazing animals, than it does to raise crops in the mid-western CROP zones. Thank the Lord for the Mid-western Crop zones! But also for the places where animals can live off the land where we cannot live off the land without the animals . . .
And Arable and Marginal Land. Due to mismanagement, over application of some chemicals often used in farming and the general poor farming practices favored by large Corporations is losing its productivity.
More of the growing problem particularly among corporations and companies large and small. Of favoring the short term versus the long term
In the short term those practices favor large yields. In the long term it depletes the land and the harms the overall health of the livestock. And there’s only so much damage fertilizers, supplements, chemical cocktails and Medication can make up for
We mean: sustainable use of the land, not overgrazing.
Farming is a relationship of a family, with the earth and the animals.
See of grass. Great movie. Grass vs crops
Not to mention that water covers ~70% of the earth's surface, and produces wonderful animal proteins and fats. Try surviving on kelp and seaweed . . .
Wow very interesting read. Great post
I read an entire book about the geology of North America along with its climate and natural uses that arose in each place according to its geology (soil types and conditions, mineral and water resources etc.) and climate (rain, temperature, growing season etc.), and the types of people who accordingly settled there and the industries which naturally arose. That analysis is from a hundred years ago, and my was it an eye-opener!
The analysis of soils and climate and plant and animal life thriving in those different geo-climate regions, is common sense Science 101. Yet the climate and vegan people remain clueless.
But: Notice this article is from UC Davis!
What’s the book?
NORTH AMERICA: Its People and the Resources, Development, and Prospects of the Continent as an Agricultural, Industrial, and Commercial Area by J. Russell Smith, copyright 1925, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
I have a hardback copy, but it is online:
https://archive.org/details/northamericaitsp0000jrus
Thanks! I bet they were a lot better before they got taken over by The Blob.
I doubt this is true. I live in NY and there are miles and miles of nice green acres that are not planted.
They are planted in nice grasses.
Note: a family cannot make a living farming unless they have a lot of contiguous acres and huge expensive machinery.
There is also a conservation reserve program to take marginal and erodible cropland out of production, plant in grasses to prevent erosion and build back the soil.