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This is discussed in the article: "Some scientists have suggested that grass-finished beef, if managed properly, can be a more sustainable option: As the cattle
by jamesgagan 7y ago
This is discussed in the article:
"Some scientists have suggested that grass-finished beef, if managed properly, can be a more sustainable option: As the cattle graze, they stimulate grass to grow deep roots and pull more carbon into the soil, helping to offset the cows’ climate impact. But, on the flip side, grass-finished cattle also take longer to reach slaughter weight, which means they spend more time burping up methane into the atmosphere. Because of this, some studies have suggested that grass-fed beef can actually be worse for the climate over all, though the debate about this continues to rage.
For now, it’s hard to say with confidence that grass-fed beef is consistently more climate-friendly than conventional beef."
- leekyle333 7y agoI'd love to see more research on this, I just wonder who would actually do it.
- passiveincomelg 7y agoLinks from the article: http://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/grazed-and-confused http://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/grazed-and-confused https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494320/