beginnerhunter
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Whether it's cheaper or not to grow/pollute in the US vs China I won't say. But I do believe the raising livestock in this country has serious adverse effects on human health and the environment (not the actual meat itself though). Is it better here, probably. But it still has negative effects and industry and those to preach the dollar over all else still keep regulations low enough that negative effects continue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...0f81cc58c5d_story.html?utm_term=.3a2caf3c8b9c
I know if I was one of the people who had my well contaminated I'd want increased regulations for stock operations in floodplains. And in terms of Organic food taking over the market and leading to more land under ag. I'll take 10x more this:
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Over this:
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As idyllic as that picture is, those hogs are competing with wildlife for resources while feeding fewer people than the hogs in the industrial facility.
My grandmother grew up on a small hog/cotton farm similar to the picture above. Market forces made their farm uncompetitive and now that land is a forest with a large number of deer and other wildlife. No doubt I long for a more pastoral lifestyle but not at the expense of nature and wild places.
I do agree regulations need to address ecological effects of any operation, large and small.