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Dutch Lidl cuts cost of plant-based foods, makes minced meat partly plant-based
2024-08-28 (or before) in proveg.orgA minced meat mix, which is 60% beef, 40% pea protein, is being introduced Food awareness organisation, ProVeg International, has…
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
US demand for Aussie beef soars 75 per cent, as drought leaves US herd at lowest level since 1950s - ABC News
2024-07-27 in ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)The United States' cattle herd is at its lowest level since the 1950s. But its "insatiable appetite" for hamburgers hasn't changed, and that's causing ripples through the global beef trade. 
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming | Drought
Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers
2024-04-19 in The GuardianExclusive: 80% of Welsh dairy farms inspected, 69% of English ones, 60% in Scotland and 50% in Northern Ireland breaching regulations
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
Bird flu outbreak in US cows: why scientists are concerned
2024-04-08 in NatureA virus that has killed hundreds of millions of birds has now infected cattle in six US states, but the threat to humans is currently low. A virus that has killed hundreds of millions of birds has now infected cattle in six US states, but the threat to humans is currently low.
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
New water accounting reveals why the Colorado River no longer reaches the sea - Communications Earth & Environment
2024-03-28 in NatureComprehensive accounting for consumptive water uses in the Colorado River Basin, United States indicates that irrigated agriculture consumes half of all river flows; nearly two-thirds of agricultural water goes to cattle feed crops.
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
Is 'Climate-Friendly Beef' Always Just Greenwashing?
2024-03-19 in Sentient Media - Reporting on the Impact of Animal AgricultureFrom methane masks to lemongrass, how do the many efforts to make sustainable beef compare to just eating a little less?
Tagged under: Methane | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Somerset Levels farming may become 'unsustainable' due to floods
2024-03-08 in The BBCAlan Franks' family has been in dairy farming since the 1950s but he now fears for his business.
Tagged under: Climate Change Impacts | UK | Agriculture | Flooding | Cattle and Dairy Farming
‘Sad and debilitating’: rural midwesterners contend with well water tainted by livestock waste
2024-03-06 in The GuardianNitrate-fouled water from concentrated animal feed operations causes a host of medical problems for nearby residents
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
Concerned dairy farmers host meeting to unite agenda of IFA and ICMSA
2024-01-23 in Irish IndependentA group of 15 dairy farmers near the Wicklow-Wexford border will host a public meeting in effort to begin shaping and uniting the agendas of Ireland’s farming organisations, with focus on key issues such as climate policy, the nitrates derogation and live exports.
Tagged under: Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Carbon opportunity cost increases carbon footprint advantage of grain-finished beef
2023-12-15 (or before) in PLOS - Open ScienceBeef production accounts for the largest share of global livestock greenhouse gas emissions and is an important target for climate mitigation efforts. Most life-cycle assessments comparing the carbon footprint of beef production systems have been limited to production emissions. None also consider potential carbon sequestration due to grazing and alternate uses of land used for production. We assess the carbon footprint of 100 beef production systems in 16 countries, including production emissions, soil carbon sequestration from grazing, and carbon opportunity cost—the potential carbon sequestration that could occur on lan...
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming | Climate Change Mitigation | Sustainability
‘Everything is parched’: Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation
2023-11-06 in The GuardianBy now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no return
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Drought | Cattle and Dairy Farming | El Niño | Brazil | Trees | Rivers
Up to 41,000 cows could be culled to meet nitrates derogation levels
2023-10-22 by in Irish ExaminerTagged under: Ireland | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored
2023-10-20 in The GuardianPressure from agriculture lobbies led to role of cattle in rising global temperatures being underplayed by FAO, claim sources
Tagged under: Farming | Methane | Cattle and Dairy Farming
This land isn’t for you or me. It’s for the meat industry.
2023-10-20 by in VoxAlmost half of the continental US is used for meat production. There’s something better we could do with it.
Tagged under: Meat Production | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Nestlé Drops Supplier Linked to Indigenous Land Invasions
2023-09-19 (or before) in pulitzercenter.orgNestlé, the world’s largest food company, has removed Marfrig from its list of suppliers in Brazil, a year after an investigation by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) linked the beef giant...
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming | Brazil
Nestlé supplier used Brazilian beef from seized Indigenous land
2023-09-19 (or before) in The Bureau InvestigatesAbattoir owned by meatpacking giant Marfrig is at the centre of murky supply chain that also includes McDonald’s and Burger King
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Land Use | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Brazil
New study shows impacts of cutting meat and dairy consumption in half
2023-09-16 (or before) in Mother Jones - Smart, fearless journalismIt’d be like not burning 1.8 trillion pounds of coal annually.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Climate Change Impacts
More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand
2023-06-03 (or before) in InklInvestigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil
Tagged under: Amazon Rainforest | Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Brazil | Trees
Lab-grown meat could be 25 times worse for the climate than beef | New Scientist
2023-05-09 in New ScientistAnalysis finds the carbon footprint of cultivated meat is likely to be higher than beef if current production methods are scaled up because they are still highly energy-intensive
Tagged under: Meat Production | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Big Chicken is Going After Climavores
2023-05-09 in Sentient Media - Reporting on the Impact of Animal AgricultureIs eating chicken more sustainable than beef? The industry is misleading consumers with its "climate-friendly" marketing.
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay
2023-05-03 in The GuardianA Masters of Beef Advocacy program teaches ‘scientific sounding’ arguments on cattle’s sustainability in an all-out public relations war
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming | Sustainability
The meat industry got the IPCC to edit a climate change report
2023-03-26 (or before) in Quartz | Make business betterA leaked draft revealed how the meat industry is obstructing efforts to curb climate change
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Climate Change Mitigation
Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target, shows study
2023-03-06 in The GuardianEmissions from food system alone will drive the world past target, unless high-methane foods are tackled
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Meat Production | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Food Production and Consumption
Beefing up Bay du Nord: New estimates push Equinor's project to nearly 1 billion barrels | CBC News
2023-02-08 (or before) in CBC.ca - Canada's Public BroadcasterNew volume estimates released by the board that regulates the offshore oil industry reveal that the amount of recoverable oil linked to the Bay du Nord project is now close to one billion barrels.
Tagged under: Cattle and Dairy Farming
Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution
2022-10-25 in The GuardianNearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency
Tagged under: Farming | Rivers | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Exclusive: Thousands of U.S. cattle buried, dumped at Kansas landfill
2022-07-26 in ReutersTop U.S. cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a June heatwave killed thousands of cows, documents seen by Reuters show.
Tagged under: Farming | Heatwaves | Climate Change | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Meat, monopolies, mega farms: how the US food system fuels climate crisis
2022-06-30 in The GuardianFrom a beef-heavy diet to growing crops that don’t feed people – the biggest challenges facing the agriculture industry
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Meat Production | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Food Production and Consumption
Cash Cow | Global Witness
2022-06-24 (or before) in Global WitnessHow beef giant JBS’s links to Amazon deforestation and human rights abuses are aided by UK, US and EU financiers, importers and supermarkets
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
2022-04-28 in The GuardianTropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss
Tagged under: Deforestation | Congo | COP26 | Rainforests | Brazil | Africa | Wildlife | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees | Indonesia | Biodiversity Loss
How the beef industry is trying to change the maths of climate change
2022-03-09 by in Greenpeace UK - UnearthedA new metric for the greenhouse gas methane could see the beef industry claim to be climate neutral without significantly cutting emissions
Tagged under: Greenhouse Gases | Methane | Climate Change | Net Zero | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Greenpeace
How a humble mushroom could save forests and fight climate change
2022-02-08 (or before) by in The ConversationInoculating trees with an edible fungi can produce more protein per hectare than pasture-raised beef, while reforesting, storing carbon and restoring biodiversity.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Meat and dairy gobble up farming subsidies worldwide, which is bad for your health and the planet
2022-01-12 (or before) by in The ConversationVegetables, fruits and legumes are nutritious and sustainable – but subsidies overwhelmingly neglect them.
Tagged under: Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Health
European Retailers Suspend Brazil Beef on Deforestation
2021-12-16 (or before) in BloombergSix European retail groups, including Sainsbury’s in the United Kingdom and Carrefour in Belgium, are restricting Brazilian beef purchases due to new findings linking cattle production to deforestation in the Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal.
Tagged under: Deforestation | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming
There Is No Such Thing as Sustainable Beef
2021-10-27 in Sentient Media - Reporting on the Impact of Animal AgricultureThe beef industry is trying to clean up its image by promising that it's doing more to help the climate crisis than hurt it. Science says otherwise.
Tagged under: Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Sustainability
In drought-plagued northern Mexico, tens of thousands of cows are starving to death
2021-08-01 in Los Angeles TimesSonora is the cattle capital of Mexico. But prolonged drought is killing off the herds.
Tagged under: Drought | Mexico | Cattle and Dairy Farming
Walmart selling beef from firm linked to Amazon deforestation
2021-02-13 in The GuardianExclusive: US chains Walmart, Costco and Kroger selling Brazilian beef produced by JBS linked to destruction of Brazilian rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
'Total destruction': why fires are tearing across South America
2020-10-09 in The GuardianWildfires, mostly caused by land clearing for cattle grazing and soya production, have set four nations ablaze
Tagged under: Argentina | Deforestation | Wildfires | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Forest Fires | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation
2020-08-05 in The GuardianResponding to Greenpeace campaign to cut links to Brazilian meat giant JBS, supermarket calls on government to ensure all UK food is deforestation-free
Tagged under: Deforestation | Bolsonaro | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Greenpeace | Activism
Revealed: new evidence links Brazil meat giant JBS to Amazon deforestation
2020-07-27 in The GuardianPhotographs by employee appear to show company trucks being used to transport cattle from allegedly prohibited cattle farm
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Emissions from 13 dairy firms match those of entire UK, says report
2020-06-15 in The GuardianExclusive: Milk giants’ climate impact rising and production caps needed, say researchers
Tagged under: Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Food Production and Consumption
Chronicle of a Grassland Saved
2020-02-21 in A new nature blogFor those of us of a certain age, The Milky Bar Kid was part of our childhood. A boy, dressed as a cowboy, implored us to eat white chocolate – which was not particularly popular back then. …
Tagged under: Farming | Cattle and Dairy Farming | UK | Grasslands | Conservation
Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?
2020-01-29 in The GuardianA glass of dairy milk produces almost three times more greenhouse gas than any plant-based milk. But vegan options have drawbacks of their own
Tagged under: Farming | Greenhouse Gases | Bees | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Health
Reach ‘peak meat’ by 2030 to tackle climate crisis, say scientists
2019-12-12 in The GuardianReducing meat and dairy consumption will cut methane and allow forests to thrive
Tagged under: Farming | Methane | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees
Meat: A Threat to Our Planet? review – guaranteed to put you off your chicken nuggets
2019-11-25 in The GuardianLiz Bonnin’s investigation of the environmental mayhem caused by mass carnivory was meaty, disquieting viewing
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Texas | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Trees | Activism
BVA blog - Ruminant agriculture can help us deliver net zero emissions
2019-10-24 (or before) by in BVA - British Veterinary AssociationChief Executive at Farmwel, ffinlo Costain argues that grass-based cattle and sheep systems can be climate neutral by 2030, and they can help to restore biodiversity and soil health.
Tagged under: Farming | Net Zero | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Health
Revealed: rampant deforestation of Amazon driven by global greed for meat
2019-07-02 in The GuardianInvestigation exposes how Brazil’s huge beef sector continues to threaten health of world’s largest rainforest
Tagged under: Deforestation | Farming | Rainforests | Amazon Rainforest | Brazil | Cattle and Dairy Farming | Health | Trees
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