WHY HERD MANURE IS NOT NEEDED

Science, Power of nature
04-04-2019
Armanda Govers (Stichting Even Geen Vlees) criticises the circular agriculture of livestock farming. Livestock farming defends their raison d'être by claiming that plant food also needs manure as a raw material.

The counterarguments of Govers:
  • When we move away from meat and dairy worldwide, 75% less arable land will be needed
  • Fertilizer is just as good as animal manure for crop yields. You can use compost for soil life
  • Livestock manure can be replaced by 'human manure'. The faeces (together with fruit and vegetable residues) are transported to a plant from which phosphate (for artificial fertilizer) and biogas (for energy generation) are extracted
  • Food waste streams can also be used for human food, compost, biomass or other innovative applications
  • For the climate it is better to forest grassland, because trees absorb more CO2 than grass.
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