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James Rebanks on Radio 4 this morning
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<blockquote data-quote="Humble Village Farmer" data-source="post: 7855731" data-attributes="member: 142541"><p>Feeding cereals to ruminants is a good way of keeping the machinery, fertiliser, chemical and feed merchants in business, as well as people like the plant breeders. All of whom require fossil fuels for their business model and most of them help create the conditions for loss of soil organic matter and soil erosion. Compare that to your zero input pp situation which takes carbon and nitrogen out of the air and you start to see that different systems have different environmental impacts. </p><p></p><p>I think he goes out of his way to avoid criticism of farmers, apart from himself. I'm fairly clear on how "his" transition would be achieved and what benefits it would bring. It does require a certain level of flexible thinking and adaptability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Humble Village Farmer, post: 7855731, member: 142541"] Feeding cereals to ruminants is a good way of keeping the machinery, fertiliser, chemical and feed merchants in business, as well as people like the plant breeders. All of whom require fossil fuels for their business model and most of them help create the conditions for loss of soil organic matter and soil erosion. Compare that to your zero input pp situation which takes carbon and nitrogen out of the air and you start to see that different systems have different environmental impacts. I think he goes out of his way to avoid criticism of farmers, apart from himself. I'm fairly clear on how "his" transition would be achieved and what benefits it would bring. It does require a certain level of flexible thinking and adaptability. [/QUOTE]
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