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Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
You should note that their are mountains of food reserves from EU farmers, that could easily feed all the Africans. The reason they don't, is because distribution is complicated, but mainly because this will completely de-stabilise the economies of third world countries, crushing any chance of becoming a developed country, "Feed a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach him to fish, eats for a lifetime". So no, you are completely misinformed here.
You have missed the point. Once these countries become self-sustainable, they will also have acres upon acres of land. 24% of the lakes in Africa are already suffering from the effects of eutriphication, and they do not rely nearly as heavily on crops as we do. You could better distribute the food, but you are right in that it would breed dependency. It also means we have to increase or remain constant with our production levels (Which are very damaging just now). So we let them grow their own crops, and the problem is not alleviated at all, just distributed evenly. There is no escape from this. The unseen animal cruelty from that would be just as bad as the stuff from cattle.
Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
Yes, you can obtain all the necessary nutrition from non-meat food sources, that is evident as there is existence of vegetarians.
Vitamin B12 is not. The only reasons Vegans are largely without serious anaemia and other diseases cause by deficiency in this nutrient is because they have stockpiled enough over their younger years when they still ate meant; before they chose to become vegans. If you want to raise your baby 100% meat free then he/she will have to rely on processed food stuffs or supplements for a while.
Posted by: XII CIUTCH IIX
To the topic of over cultivation. I understand that this is also a problem, but it's a problem which can be managed, something not apparent with killing animals. And yet again, a vegetarian basically makes the choice, "Plants or animals" and killing a plant is a lot better (considering it isn't feeling) than killing an animal, which feels the same pain and the same pain you do, but they will experience worse than you'll ever have to.
Yes, but it cannot be sustained indefinitely. Soil leaching occurring over time results in more fertilisers being required or more fresh land being required. As you say, as the poorer nations grow agriculturally, they will have a greater eutriphication rate of their hydrological environments. Coastal areas are also affected. It is not sustainable even now. Rural land degradation is a serious problem. Factor in climate change. Solely relying on agriculture would be a bad move for the environment and Humanity. If your crops fail, there is nothing else. You starve.
I am not supporting slaughtering animals, but relying on a single food source, one as damaging as agriculture, is never a good idea.