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=== Extract of the talk given during [[The Soft Protest, re-chewing & Digest|“The Soft Protest, re-chewing & Digest”]]'s dinner<br>in October 2019 at [http://www.corridorprojectspace.com/artfood/ Corridor project space] in Amsterdam. === | === Extract of the talk given during [[The Soft Protest, re-chewing & Digest|“The Soft Protest, re-chewing & Digest”]]'s dinner<br>in October 2019 at [http://www.corridorprojectspace.com/artfood/ Corridor project space] in Amsterdam. === | ||
“The cow’s digestive system is a wonderful machine: it allows cows to get energy from an undisputed resource that humans can’t digest: grass. 1/4 of Earth’s land area being grasslands it allowed herds of ruminants to thrive across the Old World, even before mankind domesticated them. | “The cow’s digestive system is a wonderful machine: it allows cows to get energy from an undisputed resource that humans can’t digest: grass. 1/4 of Earth’s land area being grasslands it allowed herds of ruminants to thrive across the Old World, even before mankind domesticated them. | ||