We now have, as a global community, 1.3 billion cattle roaming in our midst. They join 16 billion chickens, a billion pigs, a half billion turkeys, and 800 million goats.

Today in the United States, 44 percent of all land has cattle or sheep on it.

Add in the reduced spraying that could come from developing virus- and fungus-resistant crops—predicted to be about 91 million pounds—and

evaluated (at 11 percent),

incorporating carp into his rice crop doubled his rice yield, controlled for insect pests, and even minimized unwanted weeds, because, as he came to realize, carp burrowed into the pond bottom and dredged up weeds.

the fuel required for field operations on tilled land is five times that required for nontilled land.

the benefits that accrue from eating a steady diet of fruits and vegetables far outweigh the detriments of consuming trace amounts of mildly toxic pesticides sprayed upon them.

means meeting our present-day needs without denying future generations the right to do the same,

local consumption required three shopping trips (farmers’ market, orchard, and grocery store), whereas nonlocal shopping demanded just one visit to the grocery store. The differences proved to be significant: 10 versus 38 miles driven, 1.08 versus 2.42 hours consumed, and .56 instead of 2.11 gallons of gas guzzled.