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<blockquote data-quote="Blaithin" data-source="post: 4617244" data-attributes="member: 5764"><p>You might like this group [USER=11781]@haulmblower[/USER] <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/217698068580760/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/217698068580760/</a> </p><p></p><p>They like to say they don't bash Vegan's more than they actually don't bash Vegans LOL But if you can get past that, there are a lot of people that post good articles on similar things as your podcast.</p><p></p><p>I was surprised when, years and years ago, a very intelligent friend of mine went Vegetarian/Vegan (that wasn't the surprise <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite18" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh :LOL:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":LOL:" />). It lead to discussions of course, and similarly to this one, he said our digestive system wasn't geared to meat like a carnivores, it was closer to a herbivores. I disagreed and said no, our digestive system is that of an <strong>omnivore</strong>. He'd never heard that term... For a smart individual that was a let down <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite20" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL :ROFLMAO:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /></p><p></p><p>In regards to arable farming, and I'm always hesitant to say this as around the area I live, arable is the industry and it's where I work, but I absolutely cannot STAND the current model of it. But then I'm not a fan of the commercial livestock model either. It seems everyone and their dog tosses around the term sustainable now a days, but the current arable practices (and many livestock) just aren't sustainable. Look how much nitrogen and crud has to be put into the soil to carry crops? Even when crop rotation is used. We've sucked the soil dry and are only truly realizing how badly. Monocropping is just a disaster to the ecosystem. The environment thrives on diversity and crop fields don't offer that. Here, where fields are on average at least 160 acres, you can't fail to notice it. Walk into the middle of a wheat field and look around for other organisms. You might see some wild oats depending on the spray schedule, but that's about it. Now walk 20 feet into even an over grazed cattle pasture. You'll see a variety of grasses, weeds, probably shrubs, trees, flowers, birds, maybe bigger mammals, maybe even some rodents or at least signs of rodents. You only notice these things on the edges of arable fields, or passing through them sometimes. The problem is even worse in round up ready crops. </p><p></p><p>Yet when you bring up such happenings to AR folk or Vegetarians, they just don't seem to get it. A photo of a field of waves of wheat just isn't as sensational or damning as a video of slaughtering livestock. They are focused on the life of the individual animal, not on the health of the ecosystem. This is why the support of regenerative Ag and livestock is such a passion of mine to learn and implement. It helps promote the health of the entire ecosystem and all the organisms living in it.</p><p></p><p>I once read a study of an organic farmer who used multiple plants in his field for companion planting. I can't remember for sure which plants. While his yields were down in each individual product, his overall yield per acre was through the roof. Higher by far than if he'd just planted one plant and carried it along. However you run into issues with this because you almost need to harvest by hand as plants ripen at different times and it can be hard to use current equipment on such set ups. Personally, this is why I would love GMO's to focus on time to ripeness so that a few different plant species could more successfully be grown together and harvested at the same time. If canola could support the weight of peas and both were ripe at the same time, then they could both benefit the soil health and growth of one another. Then equipment would also have to be altered to allow for simultaneous harvesting... but these are the types of research advances I'd like to see, instead of new chemical advancements.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blaithin, post: 4617244, member: 5764"] You might like this group [USER=11781]@haulmblower[/USER] [URL]https://www.facebook.com/groups/217698068580760/[/URL] They like to say they don't bash Vegan's more than they actually don't bash Vegans LOL But if you can get past that, there are a lot of people that post good articles on similar things as your podcast. I was surprised when, years and years ago, a very intelligent friend of mine went Vegetarian/Vegan (that wasn't the surprise :LOL:). It lead to discussions of course, and similarly to this one, he said our digestive system wasn't geared to meat like a carnivores, it was closer to a herbivores. I disagreed and said no, our digestive system is that of an [B]omnivore[/B]. He'd never heard that term... For a smart individual that was a let down :ROFLMAO: In regards to arable farming, and I'm always hesitant to say this as around the area I live, arable is the industry and it's where I work, but I absolutely cannot STAND the current model of it. But then I'm not a fan of the commercial livestock model either. It seems everyone and their dog tosses around the term sustainable now a days, but the current arable practices (and many livestock) just aren't sustainable. Look how much nitrogen and crud has to be put into the soil to carry crops? Even when crop rotation is used. We've sucked the soil dry and are only truly realizing how badly. Monocropping is just a disaster to the ecosystem. The environment thrives on diversity and crop fields don't offer that. Here, where fields are on average at least 160 acres, you can't fail to notice it. Walk into the middle of a wheat field and look around for other organisms. You might see some wild oats depending on the spray schedule, but that's about it. Now walk 20 feet into even an over grazed cattle pasture. You'll see a variety of grasses, weeds, probably shrubs, trees, flowers, birds, maybe bigger mammals, maybe even some rodents or at least signs of rodents. You only notice these things on the edges of arable fields, or passing through them sometimes. The problem is even worse in round up ready crops. Yet when you bring up such happenings to AR folk or Vegetarians, they just don't seem to get it. A photo of a field of waves of wheat just isn't as sensational or damning as a video of slaughtering livestock. They are focused on the life of the individual animal, not on the health of the ecosystem. This is why the support of regenerative Ag and livestock is such a passion of mine to learn and implement. It helps promote the health of the entire ecosystem and all the organisms living in it. I once read a study of an organic farmer who used multiple plants in his field for companion planting. I can't remember for sure which plants. While his yields were down in each individual product, his overall yield per acre was through the roof. Higher by far than if he'd just planted one plant and carried it along. However you run into issues with this because you almost need to harvest by hand as plants ripen at different times and it can be hard to use current equipment on such set ups. Personally, this is why I would love GMO's to focus on time to ripeness so that a few different plant species could more successfully be grown together and harvested at the same time. If canola could support the weight of peas and both were ripe at the same time, then they could both benefit the soil health and growth of one another. Then equipment would also have to be altered to allow for simultaneous harvesting... but these are the types of research advances I'd like to see, instead of new chemical advancements. [/QUOTE]
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