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Civilization as asteroid: humans, livestock, and extinctions

June 13, 2018

Mass of humans, livestock, and wild animals (terrestrial mammals and birds) Civilization as asteroid: humans, livestock, and extinctions Humans and our livestock now make up 97 percent of all animals on land.  Wild animals (mammals and birds) have been reduced to a mere remnant: just 3 percent.  This is based on mass.  Humans and our […]

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The Importance of Pasture: How to Take Advantage of What Animals Bring to the Farm

October 30, 2017

THE IMPORTANCE OF PASTURE: HOW TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT ANIMALS BRING TO THE FARM While barns are important on any farm, keeping animals on pasture is almost always the better option. Pasture raised animals are usually much healthier and the meat and other animal based food products they offer come with much more nutrients […]

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The Perks of Raising Chickens

October 16, 2017

THE PERKS OF RAISING CHICKENS For many people who have grown interested in gaining a certain sense of autonomy through taking responsibility for growing a part of their own food, a simple backyard garden or even a container garden on your window will is considered a good place to start. Making the leap from growing […]

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Moving Towards Sustainability – by Eating Less Meat

August 11, 2015

Moving Towards Sustainability – by Eating Less Meat The amount of meat humans eat is immense. In 1965, 10 billion livestock animals were slaughtered each year. In 2012, that number was 55 billion. More chickens are killed in the US every year than there are people in the world, and there are one billion cattle […]

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