"Jim Webster" wrote in message ...
"pearl" wrote in message
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"Jim Webster" wrote in message
how can I know where you food comes from,
I don't know, but your statement above indicated that you do.
You lied, again.
How can I know where your food comes from
You should have thought of that before you blurted out "most of your
food ingredients are actually imported from water deficient countries ...".
when you are embarassed to tell us
False. I told you what I eat early in the thread, and just have again.
look on the packet or tell us what
you ate today and where that was from
You have a list of the sort of foods I eat above; you've been asked
for examples and even given carte blanche to tell us the worst case
scenario, but if you can't support your claim, as per usual, so be it.
so why don't you tell us what you ate today, and where your food actually
comes from or are you still embarassed about it
I eat the sort of foods that were listed above every day. Indeed we
all eat those sorts of foods, so let us know what we should avoid..
Of course, anything to do with the livestock industry, anywhere..
'Water, wheat and beef
All farming needs water. But the amount of water needed to produce
a pound of beef is far greater than that required for a pound of wheat.
Water usage
Earth is two-thirds water, and only 0.06 per cent of this is fresh
water and even less of this is available as drinking water.
Animal agriculture uses huge amounts of water, energy and chemicals,
often with little regard for the long-term adverse effects. Between
1960 and 2000 worldwide usage of water doubled (25). Agriculture
uses 70 per cent of all water, while in many developing countries the
figure is as high as 85 to 95 per cent (26). Many irrigation systems
are pumping water from underground reservoirs much faster than
they can ever be recharged.
The production of meat is an inefficient use of such a vital limited
resource. [...] The University of California studied water use in
their state, where most agricultural land is irrigated, and said it uses
between 20 to 30 gallons of water to produce vegetables such as
tomatoes, potatoes and carrots to create an edible pound of food.
It takes 441 gallons of water to make a pound of beef (28).
Fresh water, once a seemingly abundant resource, is now becoming
scarce in many regions and that poses a real threat to the stability
of the world. Numerous countries are in dispute over water supplies,
and the seeds of future wars are clearly beginning to germinate.
...'
http://www.viva.org.uk/guides/planetonaplate.htm
In the US:
'Feed-grain farming guzzles water, too. In California, now the
United States' leading dairy state, livestock agriculture consumes
nearly one-third of all irrigation water. Similar figures apply across
the western United States, including areas using water from
dwindling aquifers. The beef feedlot center of the nation -- Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska, and the Texas panhandle -- relies on crops raised
with water pumped out of an underground water source called the
Ogallala aquifer, portions of which have been severely depleted.
With half of the grain and hay fed to American beef cattle growing
on irrigated land, water inputs for beef production mount. More
than 3,000 liters of water are used to produce a kilogram of
American beef. (Reisner & Bates 1990; Sweeten 1990; Weeks et al.
1988; Oltjen 1991; Ward, Dept. Animal Sciences)
...'
http://www.thevegetariansite.com/env_animalfarming.htm