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Growing crops takes water too. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #1
Hemp is drought resistant, also pest resistant, AND it builds stressed out soils. nt patrice Dec 2012 #5
That's kind of the point. Deep13 Dec 2012 #10
Not if you let them eat grass instead of grains. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #23
Not growing the crops to feed cattle is a massive net gain, though. yewberry Dec 2012 #17
Growing crops takes FAR less water than raising and processing beef. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #39
Legalize HEMP. = Complete low bad-fat proteins, materiel, & small scale entrepreneurship. nt patrice Dec 2012 #2
Quinoa is good stuff, beans too... Deep13 Dec 2012 #3
Yeah, the bug protein thing. Sigh...I'd rather eat beautiful, innocent bunny rabbits first. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #6
*shrug* me too. nt Deep13 Dec 2012 #9
don't you dare be hunting my neighborhood bunnies.... They are in a very protected zone.... hlthe2b Dec 2012 #20
At least not that you know of. undeterred Dec 2012 #8
true. nt Deep13 Dec 2012 #13
It's not polite to remind everyone that the FDA allow a certain % of bug in every can of food! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #14
The best way to get protein from bugs KamaAina Dec 2012 #48
Are chickens less susceptible to drought? randome Dec 2012 #4
we tried quinoa once...we won't be trying it again. Mel Content Dec 2012 #7
try cooking it in broth instead of water Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2012 #22
then it's a taste i won't be acquiring. Mel Content Dec 2012 #30
If its drier one place it will be wetter some place else. 1-Old-Man Dec 2012 #11
Interesting, but I'm thinking locally and also factoring in shipping, which may suffer increasing Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #16
On average, it will be drier. NoOneMan Dec 2012 #29
But that just fixes a symptom Gregorian Dec 2012 #12
yup Deep13 Dec 2012 #15
Absolutely. randome Dec 2012 #18
I've done my bit Retrograde Dec 2012 #43
Many people are turning to small animal farming but that may not be sustainable either. We are doing jwirr Dec 2012 #19
Small-scale aquaponics is becoming a possibility: Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #21
Thank you. I have been thinking of looking into this idea. jwirr Dec 2012 #24
Eating bugs is the obvious alternative Nikia Dec 2012 #25
Why not people? NoOneMan Dec 2012 #34
It should be obvious unless you are a psychpathetic killer or an advocate of genocide Nikia Dec 2012 #38
Well, we might run out of insects NoOneMan Dec 2012 #40
To vegetarianists, everything that happens is a signal that we need alternatives to meat farming slackmaster Dec 2012 #26
Hah hah Hahhh!! Iggy Dec 2012 #31
I'm just going to go ahead and declare pork a vegetable. Deep13 Dec 2012 #42
Famine will be the chosen alternative NoOneMan Dec 2012 #27
Can we learn to need and consume less meat? Tree-Hugger Dec 2012 #28
Quinoa tastes like whatever you season it with. undeterred Dec 2012 #32
That's what the puppeteers of "Big Quinoa" want to to believe Tree-Hugger Dec 2012 #35
"puppeteers of "Big Quinoa"" undeterred Dec 2012 #36
HOW DARE YOU!! Iggy Dec 2012 #33
Plus... Tree-Hugger Dec 2012 #37
Oops... I Ate Four Boxes Iggy Dec 2012 #44
Topped with a Baconator, I hope. ;) nt Tree-Hugger Dec 2012 #46
Oh, yeah. This has brilliance written all over it. flvegan Dec 2012 #41
Those who harangue will also be hungry. Such is symmetry. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #47
free range JCMach1 Dec 2012 #45
We currently consume too much protein as is NickB79 Dec 2012 #49
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