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27, 2008 To the Editor: The majority of people do not understand what society is causing because of our appetite for meat in every meal. 27, 2008 To the Editor: “Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler” was misguided. Raising livestock is the best use of most pasture land, not growing crops. 27, 2008 The writer is a pig farmer.

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More greenhouse gas emissions are generated by current methods of meat, dairy and livestock production than by driving cars, so we need to reduce meat consumption and develop alternative food production technologies just as urgently as we need to reduce driving and develop alternative fuel technologies. Scott Plous Middletown, Conn.,

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4): There is a solution to at least some of the beef industry’s sustainability woes, and that is to raise cows in a pasture-based system. 5, 2008 The writers are the authors of “ Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World.” 4, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute.

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In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. Anna Lappé Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.