ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AGRICULTURE

This is almost an "elephant in the room" type of subject. We all need to eat so how do you go about throwing stones at the agriculture industry? Fortunately not so much right now as the article in today's K-W Record titled "Eat less meat to help double the world's food supply" is focusing on ways to increase the world's food production. Yes it also suggests that "...three -quarters of the world's agriculural land is devoted to raising livestock, either for grazing or for growing feed .". Also "...beef is the most resource intensive animal product of them all.". Some of the environmental impacts of these dietary decisions include deforestation to make way for farmland. The significance of the growing understanding of the problems associated with beef production can not be overstated for rural, agricultural Ontario including Woolwich Township.