I recommend reading the well reference book by Lierre Kieth The Vegeterian Mythe. Most land used by animals is not suitable for growing edable crops for humans. Also for centuries grazing animals have had (& i hope will be able to continue to have) a synergistic relaitionship with nature which is critical to the balance of all who live on this planet.

Consistant studies show that the main reason people who are 'going hungry'is due to poverty not lack of food resource. This is perpetuated by companies like Monsanto etc growing GM crops & selling farmers GM seads from which they are unable to re-use.

The best & quickest way to determine market sales is 'voting with your money'. Buying locally produced organic/biodynamic foods from real farmers who care about the soil, plant, animal, man relaitionship.

Simply eating less meat is like not voting & then complaining about goverment policy, you have no voice. When dealing with people who's primary concern is money, money/sales/market values/shares are the quickest way to make change happen.

All of nature eats it's selve. This is the Love principle – the micro organism give their life & service to the grass, the grass gives it's life & service to the herbivores, the herbivores give their life & service to the carnivores/omnivores & they in turn die & are returned back in to the soil & so creates the closed organic chain of life/love. – As chief Seattle said "We are all connected, what ever man does to the web, he does to himselve".

In a continent where the health of humans is in crisis due to HIV/AIDS and malaria, we need to encourage people to return to more traditional animal husbandry and the consumption of a healthier, more environmentally friendly diet.