Our #FakePresident has removed the United States for the Paris climate accords, leading some Americans to experience ecoanxiety. Thatās a relatively new term that American Psychological Association used to describe the feelings of dread and helplessness the follow from āwatching the slow and seemingly irrevocable impacts of climate change unfold, and worrying about the future
TheĀ Food and Agriculture OrganizationĀ of the United Nations recently suggested that eating bugsĀ (yes, insects) could help feed the worldās fast-growing population. Along these lines, Anna Jansson, professor of animal science at theĀ Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, has shown how nutrient-rich insects can make a big contribution to diet in poor countries. Surprisingly, they can also help
Iāve always thought the idea of humane meat was absurd. It baffles me that people can even consider that term logical. For sure, Iād prefer that animals be raised in as good of conditions as possible. But the point that they are raised to be slaughtered makes the whole process inhumane. Would it be humane
Hereās some text from a PBS interview with Michael Pollan, entitled āModern Meat.āĀ This covers the need for the holes (āRumen Fistulaā) and more. Read the whole thing via the link, this snippet is just the beginning. The problem with this system, or one of the problems with this system, is that cows are not evolved
Greenpeace Brazil has released a report at the World Social Forum in BelĆ©m showing that up to 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is due to an increase in raising cattle for human consumption. Ā Brazil has quickly become the largest exporter of beef in the world, but they are not satisfied with
[social_buttons] Previously believed to be a food-borne disease, researchers have discovered that some cows are genetically predisposed to contract bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The report shows that up to 48,000 cattle in the United States alone could carry the gene. The study concludes that even under the best grass-fed, grazing conditions, cows could still contract the
