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There have been media stories recently about how beef production causes carbon emissions, like section 7 on this page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46384067
where it says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "says we need to: buy less meat, milk, cheese and butter".
However, it entirely depends on how the beef is reared:
a quote from:
http://www.eatwild.com/environment.html
"When properly managed, raising animals on pasture instead of factory farms is a net benefit to the environment. To begin with, a diet of grazed grass requires much less fossil fuel than a feedlot diet of dried corn and soy. On pasture, grazing animals do their own fertilizing and harvesting. The ground is covered with greens all year round, so it does an excellent job of harvesting solar energy and holding on to top soil and moisture. As you will read in the bulletins below, grazed pasture removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere more effectively than any land use, including forestland and ungrazed prairie, helping to slow global warming."
ie: grass fed cows under correct (traditional) managment are GOOD for the environment and making artificial fertiliser, which uses fossil fuels, is avoided.
More can be heard of this here:
https://lowcarbcardiologist.com/lccp039-lierre-keith-the-dark-truths-behind-veganism-vegetarianism/
from 26:21 onwards.
There's also a TED Talk by Chad Frishmann which also mentions the value and wisdom of traditional farming:
https://www.ted.com/talks/chad_frischmann_100_solutions_to_climate_change
We CAN eat Low Carb and care for our planet...
There have been media stories recently about how beef production causes carbon emissions, like section 7 on this page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46384067
where it says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "says we need to: buy less meat, milk, cheese and butter".
However, it entirely depends on how the beef is reared:
a quote from:
http://www.eatwild.com/environment.html
"When properly managed, raising animals on pasture instead of factory farms is a net benefit to the environment. To begin with, a diet of grazed grass requires much less fossil fuel than a feedlot diet of dried corn and soy. On pasture, grazing animals do their own fertilizing and harvesting. The ground is covered with greens all year round, so it does an excellent job of harvesting solar energy and holding on to top soil and moisture. As you will read in the bulletins below, grazed pasture removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere more effectively than any land use, including forestland and ungrazed prairie, helping to slow global warming."
ie: grass fed cows under correct (traditional) managment are GOOD for the environment and making artificial fertiliser, which uses fossil fuels, is avoided.
More can be heard of this here:
https://lowcarbcardiologist.com/lccp039-lierre-keith-the-dark-truths-behind-veganism-vegetarianism/
from 26:21 onwards.
There's also a TED Talk by Chad Frishmann which also mentions the value and wisdom of traditional farming:
https://www.ted.com/talks/chad_frischmann_100_solutions_to_climate_change
We CAN eat Low Carb and care for our planet...