Re: [marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

Hari: Re the future of agriculture: I plan to deal with the questions you raise in future articles. For now, I'll just say that the dominant model of industrialized livestock production is unavoidably dangerous to human and animal health, and should be eliminated. You are correct that the UK B

Re: [marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

Thanks Ian. What do you think, would a socialist agricultural economy of livestock (I think we can dream still, even if this is not quite round the corner) look like? As I recall of the Jakob-C disease, the vector was not over-crowding but feed content (choped up cow 'left-overs' etc). But preven

Re: [marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

My account focuses on the US and China, but the same concentrated production techniques have been widely adopted elsewhere. Hari mentions the UK. A 2022 investigation by the Guardian found 1099 farms in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with more than 125,000 broilers, or 82,000 layers, 2,500

Re: [marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

Correct David. I was making exactly that point. H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30943): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30943 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106927915/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU M

Re: [marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

There is no implication in the article that it is not occurring in the West as well, more specifically, in the U.S. since this practice is not as common anywhere else in the world. China modeled these enterprises on the U.S. style of corporate capitalism. David -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.

Re: [marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

Thanks Ian. I certainly do not disagree with an iota of what is said in this piece. But one query: To what extent is this * not * occurring also in Western farming? For eg - I am reminded of the 'mad cow' Jakob-Creuztfeldt breakout in the UK some years ago. Is it simply a question of scale that mi

[marxmail] China’s Livestock Revolution

*Capitalism’s New Age of Plagues, Part 6: * *China’s Livestock Revolution*