Tag: environment
Think organic food is better for you, animals, and the planet? Think again
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/12/think-organic-food-is-better-for-you-animals-and-the-planet-thin/ The organics hype is just that – hype Credit: Wayne Farrell/Alamy Bjørn Lomb... Read More
Western Canada Ranchers Fear Going ‘Broke by Spring’ as Disease Spreads – Reuters
By Reuters November 23, 2016 Ranchers in western Canada whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators on Tuesday that they desperately need to sell... Read More
Food ‘Knowledge Gap’ Creates Danger For Farmers – Real Agriculture
Source: https://www.realagriculture.com/2016/04/food-knowledge-gap-creates-danger-farmers/ Food ‘Knowledge Gap’ Creates Danger For Farmers – Real Agriculture written by RealAgriculture News Team... Read More
Actually, Raising Beef Is Good for the Planet – Wall Street Journal
Despite environmentalists’ worries, cattle don’t guzzle water or cause hunger—and can help fight climate change Grasslands for cattle safeguard soil, water and land. Getty Images By Nicolette Ha... Read More
PETA may be crazy, but other groups aren’t that different
Source: https://animalagengage.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/peta-may-be-crazy-but-other-groups-arent-that-different/ July 24, 2015 by Casey Whitaker If you had cream in your coffee this morning or ... Read More
Why George Monbiot is wrong: – The Guardian
source: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/aug/19/grazing-livestock-climate-change-george-monbiot-allan-savoryCan grazing cows save the world? Photograph: Graham Turner for the Gu... Read More
Scientists Rebuke Livestock Grazing Critics – This is Reno
source: http://thisisreno.com/2014/02/scientists-rebuke-livestock-grazing-critics/ BY BOB CONRAD Graduate student Sam Lossing in the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources... Read More
U.S. Livestock Industry: Lowest Environmental Impact System in the World.
University of California, Davis, professor and air-quality specialist Frank Mitloehner, Ph.D., is working to clarify the role of livestock in greenhouse gas emissions. Mitloehner recently published a ... Read More