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Doesn't do much to help with climate change though, which is a much more serious issue. Sounds more like a rationalization for continuing to drink dairy milk.
by twoslide 5y ago
Doesn't do much to help with climate change though, which is a much more serious issue. Sounds more like a rationalization for continuing to drink dairy milk.
- himinlomax 5y agoGrass-fed cattle can have a negative carbon impact. This was linked here previously.
- twoslide 5y agoWould be great to see a link on this. When I search, most results suggest the impact of grass-fed cattle is no different, e.g: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/grass-fed-cows-won-t-save-climate-report-finds https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/10/grass-fed-cows-won-t...
- mikepurvis 5y agoI don't think it's really that clear-cut, particularly when the animal-welfare and planet-welfare arguments get intertwined: "A number of past studies have found lower greenhouse gas emissions associated with the feedlot system. One reason is that grass-fed cows gain weight more slowly, so they produce more methane (mostly in the form of belches) over their longer lifespans... To many grass-fed advocates, this is one of the main reasons for switching to grass-fed beef. After all, cows evolved to live this way." https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/13/746576239/is-grass-fed-beef-really-better-for-the-planet-heres-the-science https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/08/13/746576239/is...