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"Converting plant energy into animal energy is wasteful: It takes about 7 pounds of edible, healthy grains to produce just 1 pound of beef, 4 pounds for a pound of pork, and 2 pounds for a pound of chicken. Reallocating land from animal to crop production would increase our food resources at least seventeen-fold: Crops like potatoes can produce 17 times the calories as animals on the same piece of land. There would be additional positive consequences of replacing animal foods in our diet with plants."
[http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2012nl/jul/lessons.htm]

It seems that the starch is the solution....

This article piggyback's with the December, 2006 newsletter by Dr. McDougall about the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) report to the United Nations entitled "Livestock's Long Shadow."

http://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2006nl/dec/truth.htm

I loved reading that article!! We have always known that is takes less resources to feed us with plants than animals but rarely are we put in a situation that our lives depend on that knowledge.

That one man, and all the people that did not fight his decision, is responsible for saving a nation. He looked at facts, what the situation his nation was in, and made the very best decision for them.

Besides being informative and supporting this WOE it just made me feel good inside.