Let's Hear it for Cows
Smiling Tree Farm / Emily Chappell |
In the debate about carbon, global warming and impending disaster, the cow often gets a bad press. The popular view is that, as large herbivores, cattle produce large amounts of CO2 and, less pleasantly, large quantities of Methane (CH4). If this is your view and it concerns you, read the blog from Smiling Tree Farm. You will be offered a different view that provides justification for the continuing supply of beef, milk and leather, for the foreseeable future, at least from a climate change perspective.
Perhaps a key point is that 'cows cycle carbon, while fossil fuels add carbon'.
Let's love our cattle! In an upland environment, I think there is an important role for cattle and when managed correctly they are a significant force for good. I welcome this alternative view to counter the views of the prophets of doom.
Smiling Tree Farm - Cattle Mooooves
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