The Myth of Sustainable Meat - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Although these smaller systems appear to be environmentally sustainable, considerable evidence suggests otherwise.
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Grass-grazing cows emit considerably more methane than grain-fed cows.
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If we raised all the cows in the United States on grass (all 100 million of them), cattle would require (using the figure of 10 acres per cow) almost half the country’s land (and this figure excludes space needed for pastured chicken and pigs).
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