I would say it puts a lower upper limit on the amount of cattle a certain area can feed, unless the cows don’t get extra food. This results then in fewer greenhouse gases being emitted.
Grass fed doesn’t necessarily mean grazing. Capitalists gonna capitalize, so factory farms will buy grass grown elsewhere and stuff it into the cattle troughs with candy factory seconds and all the growth hormone they can legally ingest. If farmers clear cut old growth rainforests to grow grass feed because it takes more space to get the same output, then it’s very bad for the environment.
This is the argument I’ve heard. You get more nutrition from a field if you grow feed crops and less if it’s just grazed, so grass-fed yields less cows per acre. It doesn’t change the amount of methane per cow.
I have never heard anyone claim grass fed beef is more environmentally conscious.
I just heard it was better tasting, regardless of the environment or the cow… who I assume it treated poorly regardless.
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It’s a very common misconception and lobby talking point.
I can believe that, I just have never heard it before and would have assumed whoever said it was either lying or mistaken. It’s not a credible claim.
I would say it puts a lower upper limit on the amount of cattle a certain area can feed, unless the cows don’t get extra food. This results then in fewer greenhouse gases being emitted.
Grass fed doesn’t necessarily mean grazing. Capitalists gonna capitalize, so factory farms will buy grass grown elsewhere and stuff it into the cattle troughs with candy factory seconds and all the growth hormone they can legally ingest. If farmers clear cut old growth rainforests to grow grass feed because it takes more space to get the same output, then it’s very bad for the environment.
This is the argument I’ve heard. You get more nutrition from a field if you grow feed crops and less if it’s just grazed, so grass-fed yields less cows per acre. It doesn’t change the amount of methane per cow.