It is easy to get downcast in the livestock industry. Not only do you have to cope with low prices,
high costs and increasing Government regulation, but there are also ridiculous
claims from environmentalists that livestock production is bad for the environment.
It is always good to see positive media about the sector
when it comes along. Once piece of media
that has gained a lot of traction recently is the video by Allan Savory on the
potential to reverse desertification in the world’s grasslands through the use
of livestock. Not only can there be food
production from now degraded areas, economic and political stability can be
improved in areas prone to violence.
Allan Savory also mentions the role of regenerating
grasslands and its positive effects on reversing the global warming. The video challenges much of what is regarded
as conventional thinking – that livestock production adversely affects the
environment and that less is better. To
those of that produce livestock in the rangelands it confirms what we already
know. That is running livestock in the
rangelands is one of the most environmentally benign forms of food
production. The rangelands are teeming
with life and capable of producing large amounts of food.
Further Reading
Allan
Savory: Grassland ecosystem pioneer. http://www.ted.com/speakers/allan_savory.html
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