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Originally Posted by KENfmt
Yes, he proposes a forage production system for raising ruminant products and concludes that a sum total of less animals would be killed as a result.
Regardless if you agree with that or not, if you eat vegetables that you buy from a farm, you are supporting the death of animals. Only by growing and harvesting by hand your own food, without the use of pesticides or insecticides, harvesting equipment, predators to control pests, flooding (used in rice production), or any other number of farming techniques that cause harm to animals, they you are killing animals for the production of your food. If you don't take these measures, then it is hypocritical to condemn anyone else's diet because you aren't doing all you can to limit the death of animals for the benefit of your food consumption.
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it's not really a matter of whether I agree or not, but whether it's actually possible or not. From what I have read about the needs of foraging animals, it is not possible for animals to be raised on the land that he suggests for the sole source of their food. It's a very flawed theory and the author has never responded to my calls, letters, or emails asking him to explain.
I agree that it is hypocritical to condemn others' diets when oneself is responsible for killing animals for one's food. That is why I prefer the educational approach.