From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 00:26:55 MDT
Russell Blackford wrote:
>
> This, of course, brackets off a lot of other issues about whether there
> really is a moral or economic imperative to use land in the most efficient
> way possible, not to mention (OTOH) issues of animal rights etc. But, if
> it's purely a matter of efficiency in the sense of calories per acre of land
> available for agriculture, the optimum mix seems to be one which includes
> "free-range", grass-fed cattle, on otherwise marginal farmland.
>
That seems reasonable enough. Thanks for speaking up.
- samantha
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