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... grains for stock raising while using the imports for human consumption . In 1981 the people of the Soviet bloc consumed 126 million tons of grain while their animals consumed 186 million tons . In Western eyes big grain imports prove ...
... grains for stock raising while using the imports for human consumption . In 1981 the people of the Soviet bloc consumed 126 million tons of grain while their animals consumed 186 million tons . In Western eyes big grain imports prove ...
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... grains to the production of animal foods is slight compared with what is happening in beef - eating nations like Mexico and Brazil , where beef ... grain to meat production therefore probably outweigh 64 THE SACRED COW AND THE ABOMINABLE PIG.
... grains to the production of animal foods is slight compared with what is happening in beef - eating nations like Mexico and Brazil , where beef ... grain to meat production therefore probably outweigh 64 THE SACRED COW AND THE ABOMINABLE PIG.
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... grain to flesh ; but they can be used on a large scale for meat production only when a human population can afford the 90 percent energy loss incurred by eating the meat instead of the grain . Similarly , the dog is scarcely the kind of ...
... grain to flesh ; but they can be used on a large scale for meat production only when a human population can afford the 90 percent energy loss incurred by eating the meat instead of the grain . Similarly , the dog is scarcely the kind of ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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