http://civileats.com/2009/08/19/agri-intellectual-reason/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://civileats.com/2009/08/19/agri-intellectual-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-3897 Nick Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:08:15 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=4667#comment-3897 The answer to ending the whole corn -> CAFO Meat chain is to simply eat a lot less meat. Why is it that almost nobody wants to say this? The basic problem is that in order to eat meat at 21 meals per week you need to have CAFOs The answer to ending the whole corn -> CAFO Meat chain is to simply eat a lot less meat. Why is it that almost nobody wants to say this? The basic problem is that in order to eat meat at 21 meals per week you need to have CAFOs

]]> http://civileats.com/2009/08/19/agri-intellectual-reason/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 SaticoyRoots Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:38:12 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=4667#comment-3879 Nice commentary. I appreciate that you address changes in the food system in an evolutionary way. I think to often activists in this debate take a tone which is a little too cavalier when they talk about tearing the old systems down and starting over. They are then surprised when farmers view them with distrust. I think the real path forward is the less dramatic, but more pragmatic type of change shown with WalMart's switch on hormones in milk. Nice commentary. I appreciate that you address changes in the food system in an evolutionary way. I think to often activists in this debate take a tone which is a little too cavalier when they talk about tearing the old systems down and starting over. They are then surprised when farmers view them with distrust. I think the real path forward is the less dramatic, but more pragmatic type of change shown with WalMart’s switch on hormones in milk.

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