Comments on: Study shows some meat/dairy is more efficient than total vegetarian diet

By: Thorsten

Thorsten — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:12:21 +0000

A vegetarian diet focuses on plants for food while dairy products are generally defined as foods produced from cow’s or domestic buffalo’s milk. Both has its nutritional content that produces our body a healthier lives. But one thing I thought is that plant products are healthier than animal products because they do not contain cholesterol and saturated fats, and their total fat content is lower.

By: Lillian R. Chastain

Lillian R. Chastain — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:43:55 +0000

I agree with that; “Study shows some meat/dairy is more efficient than total vegetarian diet” we have to consider the place where crop cannot be grown on high-quality cropland and meat is more available, like in California for instance.

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By: Matt Bogard

Matt Bogard — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:46:00 +0000

Regarding the previous comment,one example of biotech efficiency is Bt corn. Not only does it eliminate the use of millions of pounds of insecticide and save millions of gallons of fuel and water per year, but it also is safer for food consumption. The use of Bt corn decreases fumonisin ( a fungal parasite) infestation by 80% compared to conventional and organic corn. Fumonisin is responsible for esphogeal cancer and neural disorders in infants.

Another example is Roundup Ready technology. Roundup Ready technology has allowed for glyphosate herbicide to substitute for 7.2 million pounds of other chemicals that are more toxic and persistent in the environment.

Resistance has always been an issue with the use of herbicides and pesticides way before the introduction of biotech crops. Even with natural crop rotation practices we have seen that some pests evolve to ‘extend’ diapause and infect crops in new ways.

By: Rebecca T. of HonestMeat

Rebecca T. of HonestMeat — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:19:35 +0000

This is what I have been saying on my blog too, that it is not an argument between eating meat or not. There are so many variables that come into play such as climate, vegetation type, availability of irrigation, etc. that determine whether or not consuming animal products is environmentally sustainable. In California, for example, the foothills are NOT appropriate for row crops since they lack irrigation and they are quite erosive. But they can support ruminants for a good portion of the year.
As for biotech making anything more ‘efficient’, all the studies point to two major problems- either increased use of herbicides or rapid resistance of the pest or weeds to the engineered trait. Biotech, up to this point, has been used to increase sales of pesticides, herbicides, and patented seeds, nothing more.