In the near future we wont have any choice but to eat a fully plant-based diet. It is just not possible to keep the rate of resource depletion going at present levels. Currently, 30% of the Earths usable land is dedicated to livestock. Keeping in mind the 70 billion animals slaughtered each year end up on only about 3 billion peoples plates. Outside of The West, the diet is mainly plant based. However, China, Brazil and India are starting to increase their consumption of meat. Vaclav Smil, author of Feeding the World, estimated that if everyone ate a Western diet, we would need 67% more land - now imagine if all those animals were free range! We just dont have enough planet. The future will see the growth of organic farms and small holdings, which will provide fruit and vegetables to a society whose diet is fully plant based. I am not an idealist, I am realist!
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:16:42 +0000
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