It takes 10 kilograms of grain to produce one kilogram of beef, 15 liters of water to get one kilogram of beef, and those cows produce a lot of methane. Why not get rid of the cows?
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We all know that cattle and beef are among the biggest contributors to carbon emissions.
You can do gross-out until the cows come home but if there isn't something to balance it, then it's not going to work at all.
The land is not in the least bit fertile and yet the cattle herds grow larger and larger. A cow represents capital investment here.
Meat production is one of the leading causes of climate change because of the destruction of the rainforest for grazing lands, the massive amounts of methane produced by farm animals and the huge amounts of water, grain and other resources required to feed animals.
In Kenya, where there isn't the luxury of feeding grains to animals, livestock yield more calories than they consume because they are fattened on grass and agricultural by-products inedible to humans.
There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets.
We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks.
We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure.
Cows, after leaving the low lands near the coast, are found to be plentiful everywhere, and to produce milk in small quantities, from which butter is made.
It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.