Grass Fed Beef
Food Chain Radio Show #997
Michael Olson, Author & Urban Farming Agriculturalist
Grass Fed Beef
Should beef be banned?
Guest: Author, Rancher, Vegetarian Nicolette Hahn Niman
Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production
The federal government’s dietary guidelines, which govern school lunch and other federal food programs, is expected to soon call for less meat and more fruits and vegetables as part of “an environmentally friendly diet.”
Michael Olson Food Chain Radio: Ban the Beef?
This edict will be in keeping with Department of Agriculture’s Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recommendations for a healthy diet based on foods that are not only good for human health, but also good for the environment.
Cows, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are not good for the environment, as they produce more gases and water pollution while using more water and land per calorie than other animal proteins.
With government, the environmental community, and science aligned against the cow, we simply must ask Nicolette Hahn Niman…
