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Pastures can convert sunlight, animal waste, and CO2 into grass which is fuel for self propelled protein generating machinery we call cattle.
The protein this system generates is imminently digestible by humans with no post-processing other than cutting and optional cooking. 1/5
The protein this system generates is imminently digestible by humans with no post-processing other than cutting and optional cooking. 1/5
Grass and cattle can regenerate and reinforce each other indefinitely in harmony with nature and with almost no human input, as evidenced by existence of this cycle with tens of millions of bison on the plains of North America before our intervention. 2/5
Be wary of those who tell you this natural arrangement is inferior to a system using seed planters, sprayers, harvesting combines, diesel, pesticides, inorganic fertilizers, GMO crops, subsidies, sterile fields, and centralized multinational FACTORIES to produce FAKE meat. 3/5
Disclosure: although grain-finished beef operations do rely on grass-fed cattle as inputs, they are distinct from grass-finished beef operations in that they do require significant use of fertilizer, fuel, infrastructure, and machinery to augment production of real beef. 4/5
Instead of resigning ourselves to eating fake meat made in foreign factories, we should re-examine US government actions that have made smaller otherwise-sustainable farms unprofitable.
Pass the PRIME Act to allow American farmers to more easily sell healthy food locally. 5/5
Pass the PRIME Act to allow American farmers to more easily sell healthy food locally. 5/5
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