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 CO 2 and, less pleasantly, large quantities of Methane (CH 4 ). 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