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Post by iammrhawkeyes on May 9, 2008 21:12:28 GMT -6
Interesting article on the effects of organic farming. www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-great-organic-myths-why-organic-foods-are-an-indulgence-the-world-cant-afford-818585.htmlMyth one: Organic farming is good for the environment
The study of Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for the UK, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, should concern anyone who buys organic. It shows that milk and dairy production is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). A litre of organic milk requires 80 per cent more land than conventional milk to produce, has 20 per cent greater global warming potential, releases 60 per cent more nutrients to water sources, and contributes 70 per cent more to acid rain.
Also, organically reared cows burp twice as much methane as conventionally reared cattle – and methane is 20 times more powerful a greenhouse gas than CO2. Meat and poultry are the largest agricultural contributors to GHG emissions. LCA assessment counts the energy used to manufacture pesticide for growing cattle feed, but still shows that a kilo of organic beef releases 12 per cent more GHGs, causes twice as much nutrient pollution and more acid rain.
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Post by GhostMod 5000 on May 10, 2008 8:57:51 GMT -6
If every major city in this country had all of their major highways crammed tight with belching organic cows twice a day, we might have an ecological disaster on our hands.
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Post by HawksStock on May 10, 2008 9:42:08 GMT -6
For me it is not a "hippie" thing, its a taste thing. Tomatoes always taste better strait from the plant, I love organic markets.
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Post by NOTTHOR on May 11, 2008 9:20:04 GMT -6
An organic cow can only produce a fraction of the milk that a non-organic cow can produce, thus you'd need to probably triple or quadruple the cow population if you wanted all milk to be organic. However, notwithstanding improvements in breast augmentation technology, has anyone else noticed a trend of breasts getting bigger? If this is a side effect of the hormones injected in cows, I say keep 'em coming, eff the liberal hippie tree huggers. They are all anti breast anyway. Here is an interesting article from Harper's about non-pasteurized organic milk and the lengths the jack booted stormtroopers have taken to keep people from drinking it. It's a solid article: harpers.org/archive/2008/04/0081992
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