RE: How to be a vegetarian? (And also, why to be one?)
January 14, 2016 at 7:18 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2016 at 7:28 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I -am- a farmer Aroura........
Make no mistake, our domestic animals would become extinct if we did not care for them. It's ludicrous to think otherwise.
Create a sustainable closed loop cycle between aquacultural waste and agricultural input. This is my business model. It works, and it's wonderful. I couldn't afford to farm any other way (and neither can the earth)
I'm not defensive over your choice..as my comments should have made clear, I think that it's admirable. I'm defensive over your completely baseless accusations (implied and explicit) in support of your choice.
I do support your choice (want some kohlrabi recipes?)...I don't support the fiction you chose to attach to it. It's counterproductive to what you and I -both- want to achieve. You with your choice, me with my model.
Put yourself in my shoes, for a moment. I'm -actually- trying to do something about the problems that clearly concern us both. I am being vilified by people who are -scamming- folks like yourself....and in turn you are vilifying me based upon their disinformation. The meat that I produce (and I'm nowhere -near- where I want to be yet...just set it up last fall), in all likelihood, is better for our environment (and better for us) than the vegetables that you are buying. It's difficult to see why people would stay in the market if they;re painted as monsters...and if their competition convinces people that their product is poisoning the earth when in fact it's the polar opposite. People can only take so much shit before they say fuck it and get a job flipping burgers that offers decent retirement and insurance.
Make no mistake, our domestic animals would become extinct if we did not care for them. It's ludicrous to think otherwise.
Create a sustainable closed loop cycle between aquacultural waste and agricultural input. This is my business model. It works, and it's wonderful. I couldn't afford to farm any other way (and neither can the earth)
I'm not defensive over your choice..as my comments should have made clear, I think that it's admirable. I'm defensive over your completely baseless accusations (implied and explicit) in support of your choice.
I do support your choice (want some kohlrabi recipes?)...I don't support the fiction you chose to attach to it. It's counterproductive to what you and I -both- want to achieve. You with your choice, me with my model.
Put yourself in my shoes, for a moment. I'm -actually- trying to do something about the problems that clearly concern us both. I am being vilified by people who are -scamming- folks like yourself....and in turn you are vilifying me based upon their disinformation. The meat that I produce (and I'm nowhere -near- where I want to be yet...just set it up last fall), in all likelihood, is better for our environment (and better for us) than the vegetables that you are buying. It's difficult to see why people would stay in the market if they;re painted as monsters...and if their competition convinces people that their product is poisoning the earth when in fact it's the polar opposite. People can only take so much shit before they say fuck it and get a job flipping burgers that offers decent retirement and insurance.
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