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<blockquote data-quote="Red Fred" data-source="post: 7989672" data-attributes="member: 189"><p>Veg production in the South East makes any ethical argument about animal lives a purely personal and subjective choice. An old friend was the agronomist for one of the largest growers and I used to spend time on his inspections with him. I think he mentioned that the baby-leaf lettuce was being sprayed 17 times in its 21 day lifecycle to give the supermarkets the blemish free produce they required. The Spanish end of the operation resulted in mile after mile of plastic covered fields that made my pastoral corner look like animal heaven. No one sees that though, they just see cartoons of soft eyed cows and as stated above , don't see that grazing livestock are part of the solution. And the thing is, if we are going to feed 60million people with fresh veg, then we have to accept that it is going to cost us.</p><p>My mate and his wife didn't eat the free veg they grew at work, he grew his own in the garden and now has a small flock of Lincoln Longwools on his smallholding, which I believe gives him no crises of conscience whatsoever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Red Fred, post: 7989672, member: 189"] Veg production in the South East makes any ethical argument about animal lives a purely personal and subjective choice. An old friend was the agronomist for one of the largest growers and I used to spend time on his inspections with him. I think he mentioned that the baby-leaf lettuce was being sprayed 17 times in its 21 day lifecycle to give the supermarkets the blemish free produce they required. The Spanish end of the operation resulted in mile after mile of plastic covered fields that made my pastoral corner look like animal heaven. No one sees that though, they just see cartoons of soft eyed cows and as stated above , don't see that grazing livestock are part of the solution. And the thing is, if we are going to feed 60million people with fresh veg, then we have to accept that it is going to cost us. My mate and his wife didn't eat the free veg they grew at work, he grew his own in the garden and now has a small flock of Lincoln Longwools on his smallholding, which I believe gives him no crises of conscience whatsoever. [/QUOTE]
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