Quote#Politics & Power
Political economists tell us that the produce of an acre of land in…
Quote byWilliam Alcott · 1798–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Vegetable Diet (1838), p. 252.
English (original)
Political economists tell us that the produce of an acre of land in wheat, corn, potatoes, and other vegetables, and in fruits, will sustain animal life sixteen times as long as when the produce of the same acre is converted into flesh, by feeding and fattening animals upon it.
— William Alcott
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