Free Range Cows Have Environmental Cost

[dwivian]

Cattle Production Report: "[U]sing a model system endorsed by sustainable agriculture advocates and the emissions factors stipulated by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we find that organic grass-fed beef production requires three times more land and results in 60 percent more greenhouse gas emissions (excluding N2O) compared to grain feeding with the aid of growth promoting hormones." (emphasis mine).

Wow.... so... best to keep them locked up and immobile? MY ECO BRAIN IS HURTING!

Comments

[captain-drew.livejournal.com]

Actually, it helps the environment if you eat a lot of veal. And baby geese. And those little fluffy orange things... heck, what are they called.... orangutans? And harpsichords, and fruitbats and wallabees and bald eagles and condors and... are you writing all this down?

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yes, veal has much lower environmental impact than beef. So definitely, veal for everyone.