Totally plant based diets would destroy the environment, not save it, as marginal land that should only be used for grazing would have to be cultivated to grow crops. With the green movement's war on chemical fertilizers and genetic modification, it would not take long for mass starvation to set in.
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Plant based diets are common in many areas of the world , but fish also plays a big role . This is simply an enviro push against meat eating western culture.
Pulse crops would be a big benefit in this system but we will be left out with soil disease issues . Fabas and dry beans may be more prominent than peas and lentils , at least in some areas .
More and more people are turning to oat milk , which could be a very steady and relatively cheap crop to continue to grow. Flax seems to be back in demand big time as well .
Our biggest issue will be transportation costs as carbon tax’s will continue to erode profits regardless of whatever we grow . Unless we develop more finished products here , like oat milk , proteins from pulse crops like lentils / fabas. The protein fraction plants now in place will be a good thing moving forward.
We as farmers can adapt, we have before but could be handcuffed by higher transportation costs and over regulation by these idealists. Either way changes are coming ... good , bad or otherwise to both crop and livestock producers . Regenerative ag is being touted as the way of the future but it relies a lot on animals to make it profitable..... the idealists want to cut that out which will stunt Regen ag if this anti animal thing goes too far . Will be a tricky balance .
And yes , this is part of the great reset plan , don’t kid yourself .
Trudeau has already stated that we must reduce fertility by 30% .... the wheels are in motion .
I still love beef and will continue to still support local cattle guys regardless of what these idealists push . I just hope that the livestock industry stays viable , we need that to stay a big part of everything we do as crop producers.
Public persuasion is going too far IMO with constant articles like this all in the name of pushing the climate change agenda. It has its place , but the brakes need to be applied soon . Massive change can not happen in their time line without massive fallout of the ag industry.
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Garbage article. It is things like this that adds to the discussion about what do as farmers to speak our side of the discussion. Speaking as a farmer in western Canada, the biodiversity of the crops grown and the proliferation of wildlife is far greater now than when the land was first broken for cultivation. Moose and deer populations are far larger in the cultivated land now than in the past. You ask any of the old-timer's, they didn't see the game we see today. A kid we never saw geese other than in the spring and fall , they are very common today. We never used to see ravens in the south much. They are common now. My dad said we never used to have racoons around, very common now. In North America most farms 50 years ago had livestock and today mixed farms have mostly disappeared. That being said I cant remember who told a story years ago at university. The gist of it was that eventually in places like Africa the last of the wild game will go into the cook pot because of the inability to feed themselves. It is so sad really that these people so far from the land can have such a effect on policy from their opinion on things they don't have clue about.
On issue that does come up that we as farmers have to decide what we want to react to this incursion on our business. The discussion of "social license " and "code of practice" triggers so many in the ag community. Where do we as farmers go? I sure can see why many farmers are angered by the attempt to appease the tree huggers and the social and enviro activists. That being said, the question remains, What do we do ? I know many of you have a real dislike of the commodity groups and take there money out. I fully support your right to do so. Being able to vote with your levy dollars is very important. I would ask who do want to champion your farm if not the commodity groups? APAS ? NFU (I hope not) ? How about the World council of Churches ? Those guys have a strong opinion about how you should farm.
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I think we need to fight the fight a person at a time. Invite people to your farms, reply to off base social media posts with kindness, facts, and class.
Just this very morning, my wife responded to a social media post about one of our products and some lady in BC was concerned about ppl eating lamb. So my wife worked hard to win her over, to be truthful and helpful.
Cases like that give me hope. We need to do this right, not with anger or looking down our noses which is not always easy when frustrated...
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Originally posted by furrowtickler View PostTrudeau has already stated that we must reduce fertility by 30% .... the wheels are in motion .
Humans largest advances in our history all had to do with harnessing more dense and easily available forms of energy - fire, meat, agriculture, fossil fuels, and the elite want to reverse that.
They just created a generation of useless eaters that are ready to sit in their apartments and wait for UBI. Will be easy now to remove their entire bloodlines from the planet.
But why? what is the real agenda behind population reduction. The elite dont care, they dont live where the rest of us do. Unless there is something coming down the line that will be a radical change for us and not everyone will get to participate like life extension tech.
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See the message that if we totaly removed cattle it would solve 60% of the climate change problems.
Seems to be the new popular "If you say it loud enough and long enough it has to be true".
The beef market is in enough trouble with packer concetration without any other bad news BS chipping away at it.
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Y’all should watch a show on Amazon prime. It’s called “kill it cut it use itâ€.
Urban types, some that are over the top kind of freaky urban types, are taken to slaughter houses etc. To watch animals get killed. Then they see what items the animals are made into. Leather, soaps, hairbrushes, tennis rackets and so on. It’s very interesting to me, an animal farmer.
Nearly everyone really struggles with the killing, (who relishes in watching anything die?), but the show is well done and they almost all end up appreciating animal agriculture in the end, when they see the products that are created using animals.
If those types on there can get through it, for sure the average consumer can be reached.
The killing isn’t fun to watch. They actually show the killing and the bleeding and the thrashing and twitching, amazingly.
Anyhow. I thought over all it was a good show. And importantly proof that education is not pointless.
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