I mentioned that MP Robert Flello had done well in the Private Members' Ballot and would be trying to introduce a Bill into Parliament on the subject of sustainable livestock management. This is a really tricky subject, and because of its difficulty it does not get as much government attention as it should. What would a sustainable livestock industry look like?
It probably wouldn't involve the import of soya-based animal feed from areas of destroyed rainforest. It probably wouldn't involve using so much of our productive farmland to grow grain to feed to cattle - we could grow food we could eat directly on that land instead. Might it involve keeping animals indoors for longer and scrubbing their greenhouse gas emissions out of the air in their sheds before it escapes into the atmosphere to worsen cliamte change? Might it involve eating less meat? Or more poultry and less red meat?
Tricky stuff indeed. But Mr Flello also has an Early Day Motion which is attracting many MPs' signatures. It is one of the most successful EDMs of this parliamentary session and gives a flavour of the thinking behind the Bill..
A love of the natural world demonstrates that a person is a cultured inhabitant of planet Earth.
Mirlo you know absolutely nothing about farming,you probably are very knowledgeable about lots of things so stick with them not farming.
Here is a very simple answer and lesson at the same time.
Pay what the price would be for food if all farming done to your standards and farmers will comply but I doubt the general public could afford it,by the way the places you talk about in the Hebrides you may not know get massive subsidies and probably even grants from people like the RSPB to farm in this manner,certainly if the whole country farmed that way starvation would occur in this country,this country is not anywhere near self sufficiency in dairy products so cannot understand where your evidence of exports to China comes from,of course I bet we sold half a pound of cheddar to them to give them a taste.Still think you are knowledgeable but definitely not in farming,a long time since i saw someone get so many things wrong about farming unfortunately people believe people like you.