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  Tejon Ranch lands

  Wolverine,  With all due respect, you are displaying your ignorance on the subject of cattle grazing.  The newish term for properly grazing cattle on sensitive lands is called Management Intensive Grazing and if you read about it , you may decide that it has merrit in being practiced on the 'ranch'  I strongly suggest that you read (listen to on CD) Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dillema, Joel Salitan's Polyface Farm, and the many articles in Stockman Grass Farmer, a publication dedicated to the raising of animals on grass, including poultry, pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle.  There is plenty of proof that land can be much improved for all creatures (including the wild, native ones) by managing properly)
  I raise grassfed beef in the East at Fox Hill Farm and the priciples of grass based agriculture using MIG and Rotational Grazing apply here as well.
  I would love to see a 'side by side' of designated large acreages of the ranch do a project utilizing a 'leave it alone' area versus an area managed under MIG principles in order to demonstrate the differences and to show which is better for the Environment.  I would love to accept that kind of challenge or tell you of people that could do it.
  Cordially,
  Larry Lampman
  Fox Hill Farm, grassfed & grassfinished beefOn Greens and developer come to agreement in SoCal posted 1 year, 6 months ago 9 Responses

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  hot dogs

  Since you still eat hot dogs 'once in a blue moon', let me suggest that the next time you do, you try my; no-nitrate, all beef, grassfinished, natural casing ones.  My cows and calves are raised organically, are home slaughtered, so  never leave the farm. They eat grass in spring, summer, and fall on hilly, rocky land that is not suitable for conventional or even small scale agriculture.  So the 'carbon footprint' is about as small as one can get and still eat meat.  I am not an advocate for eating much meat and I certainly appreciate my animals and their 'ultimate contribution'.  I highly recommend Nina Plank's book "Real Food, What It Is and Why Eat It".  She has chapters on meat, fish, dairy, veggies, and nutrition. It is Outstanding.(and she was a vegetarian)  There are recognized health needs and benefits of consumming some 'healthy' fat from animals  that consume grass; pastured poultry, pigs and beef.
  Cordially,  Larry, Fox Hill Farm On A guide to grilling without red meat posted 2 years, 4 months ago 17 Responses