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.
Sooty
I do not intend to waste any more time on these blogs and this is my final entry. I would guess you are young and also a farmer, because you are so biased and have probably been brainwashed into believing that farmers are good for the countryside (LOL). I recall when almost every surrrounding farmland field held nesting curlew and lapwing, now there are none any where near. And hares , well the last time I saw a hare was 200miles away from where I live ! I suggest you read the book "Silent Summer" about the present state of wildlife in Britain and Ireland. There is almost half a page in the index of the "Effect of Agriculture on..." . When you have read this book then you may be able to contribute to this blog with some authority. At the moment you cannot !!