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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: guest78 Date: June 17, 2022, 12:11 pm
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Gillian McKeith has probably spent more time outside laboring in
the elements than Lawson has too I would add, hence her
weathered face. A weathered face always tells a more interesting
story than a non-weathered face I believe. McKeith may also
suffer from the stress of knowing how badly humans treat
non-humans on this planet. Stress can weather someone's face
even faster than the elements can...
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Re: Water supply
By: guest78 Date: September 4, 2022, 5:57 pm
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Ranchers Are Selling Their Cattle to Deal with Drought
[quote]Ranchers and their cattle are contending with harsh
drought conditions across the American West this summer. In
Texas, ranchers are selling off their herds in large numbers and
some are even turning to more heat-resistant breeds.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzP8Q4l3hrw
"heat-resistant breeds" still require grain as a food source:
One hamburger takes 2,400 litres of 'hidden' water to make
[quote]On the way, he shares a wider critique of the
environmental damage caused by the meat industry and how society
moving toward a plant-based diet could alleviate this.[/quote]
[quote]‘Water has been fed into the grain that’s been fed to the
cattle, the cattle’s been made into beef. One Hamburger is 2,400
litres of embedded water. That’s a heck of a lot of water.’
The documentary also shared statistics suggesting that 27% of
humanity’s freshwater consumption goes to produce animal food,
and that the livestock sector is responsible for about 15% of
all human made emissions globally, which is equivalent to the
emissions from all the forms of transport in the world,
including the cumulative emissions of planes, trains, cars and
ships.
Professor Lang later concluded,
"The message is overwhelming both for public health and
environmental reasons. The more plants you can eat, and the less
meat and dairy you can consume, the better."[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://www.city.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/10/one-hamburger-takes-2400-litres-of-hidden-water-to-make
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: guest78 Date: November 15, 2022, 5:15 pm
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Gaza's chicken farmers rejoice in recycled egg trays
[quote]Gaza resident Akram Al-Amour, who began recycling paper
waste to try to reduce the emissions caused by burning it, is
now turning them into egg trays that are more affordable, more
durable, and environmentally friendly. [/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6NC8F0OjqY
Whilst Palestinians themselves have been herded into Gaza by
Israel....
HTML https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2020/11/palestine-banner.png
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: guest78 Date: November 23, 2022, 5:04 pm
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Can you tax a cow’s burps? New Zealand will be the first to try.
[quote]In a nation with seven times more livestock than people,
taxing [s]farmers[/s] for herds’ greenhouse gas emissions is a
controversial proposal.[/quote]
[quote]New Zealand has seven times more residents on four legs
than on two—5 million people to 26 million sheep and 10 million
cows—and dairy, meat, and wool account for more than half the
nation’s export revenue.
But this abundance comes with an environmental cost. Half of New
Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions come from [s]agriculture[/s],
[ARE WESTERNERS NOW SO THOROUGHLY CONFUSED THAT THEY TRULY
BELIEVE THAT GROWING WHEAT IS THE SAME AS FORCING COWS TO
REPRODUCE???] mostly as biological methane and nitrous oxide
from livestock burps, urine, and manure.
So last month, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled a plan for
New Zealand’s [s]farmers[/s] to pay new taxes based on
calculations of their herds’ emissions. The money raised by the
tax would be returned to the ag industry for research,
technology, and incentive payments to [s]farmers[/s] for their
efforts to reduce greenhouse gases—by planting trees on their
land, for example.[/quote]
Entire article:
HTML https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2022/11/can-you-tax-a-cows-burps-new-zealand-will-be-the-first-to-try?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Perhaps, rather than planting a tree and patting yourself on the
back, westerners might actually try giving up ranching and
actually start farming CROPS for human consumption, instead of
primarily for livestock consumption for once!?
According to Westerners, this is what farming looks like:
[img width=1280
height=720]
HTML https://static.nationalgeographic.co.uk/files/styles/image_3200/public/01-cows-methane.webp?w=1600&h=900[/img]
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: 90sRetroFan Date: September 3, 2023, 11:35 pm
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Definitely not farming:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn6wKigvbiA
Definitely Western civilization.
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Re: Refugees Welcome
By: Schwartze Katze Date: February 29, 2024, 10:28 am
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‘We need this workforce’: Portugal turns to migrants as
population ages • FRANCE 24 English
[quote]The small Portuguese fishing town of Caxinas boasts a
proud maritime heritage. But today, around 70 percent of its
fisherman come from Indonesia. As other countries around Europe
increasingly tighten their immigration laws, Portugal has sought
to attract new arrivals and has seen its population of foreign
workers double in the past five years. With the highest ageing
rate in Europe after Italy, these migrants are helping to boost
the country’s dwindling labour force, particularly in industries
such as fishing, hospitality and farming.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22a_qWRQYqY
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: 90sRetroFan Date: February 29, 2024, 6:39 pm
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Fishing is one field that I positively hope fails to replace its
workforce. The victim in 0:30-0:36 would surely agree with me!
:(
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: 90sRetroFan Date: April 25, 2024, 2:39 pm
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Sigh:
HTML https://phys.org/news/2024-04-h5n1-strain-bird-flu.html
[quote]H5N1 strain of bird flu found in milk: WHO
...
Avian influenza A(H5N1) first emerged in 1996 but since 2020,
the number of outbreaks in birds has grown exponentially,
alongside an increase in the number of infected mammals.
The strain has led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry,
with wild birds and land and marine mammals also infected.
Cows and goats joined the list last month—a surprising
development for experts because they were not thought to be
susceptible to this type of influenza.
US authorities earlier this month said a person working on a
dairy farm in Texas was recovering from bird flu after being
exposed to cattle.
"The case in Texas is the first case of a human infected by
avian influenza by a cow," said Wenqing Zhang, head of the
global influenza program at the World Health Organization.
"Bird-to-cow, cow-to-cow and cow-to-bird transmission have also
been registered during these current outbreaks, which suggest
that the virus may have found other routes of transition than we
previously understood," she told a media briefing in Geneva.
It was only the second case of a human testing positive for bird
flu in the United States, and came after the virus sickened
herds that were apparently exposed to wild birds.
"Now we see multiple herds of cows affected in an increasing
number of US states, which shows a further step of the virus
spillover to mammals," Zhang said.
"The virus has also been detected in milk from infected
animals."[/quote]
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: 90sRetroFan Date: May 4, 2024, 3:01 am
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S669KuXssE
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Re: Farming vs Ranching
By: rp Date: September 15, 2024, 6:56 pm
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Western "homesteader" explains difference between ranching and
farming:
HTML https://www.reddit.com/r/homestead/comments/11i29y3/comment/jawd8h4/
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CharacterStriking905
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I have 11ac right now, I'm utilizing only 2 ac right now
(continuing to expand every year). This year, we're tripling our
blackberry acreage, doubling our strawberries, and adding
1/8acre of high density peaches and cherries.
I grow vegetables and fruit. Looking to get bees again next year
(grew up working with them, but the pkg I bought a couple years
ago must not have had a mated queen, and the queen left and
never came back, so the hive withered away before I realized
what was up).
While I do work a PT job to help pay stuff off a little faster,
I do alright lol. We grow most of our foodstuffs, and my
dad/brother have a large beef herd, so I get beef at live weight
prices.
You just have to approach it like a business venture, rather
than just a hobby. If you approach it like a kid playing farmer
in the backyard, that's all it's going to be. (edit: I realize
that sounds harsh, but that's the angle a lot of people who
claim you can't make money doing this stuff seem to be
approaching it from). I also run a small woodworking, machining,
and gun making ("primitive/antique" firearm and airgun) shop in
my garage in the winter to make extra money.
In less than 10 years, I expect to be living rather comfortably
off of what I do here, possibly even buying more land so I can
run animals. We also don't waste money on pointless consumerism
either. You'd be amazed how little you can live on if you're
producing 90% of your own food, some of your fiber, some
renewable energy harvesting, and not buying a bunch of junk.
Permaculture is largely about maximizing efficiency through good
planning and working with natural processes (at least that was
always my take away). If you have a high concentration of
food/resources in a small area, you already are breaking the
natural order of things, so it becomes a managed garden of
sorts.
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