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Actually, Raising [grass fed] Beef Is Good for the Planet
Wall St. Journal ^
| December 19, 2014
| Nicolette Hahn Niman
Posted on 12/22/2014 10:26:23 AM PST by grundle
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12/22/2014 10:26:23 AM PST
by
grundle
To: grundle
We would not have grasslands and prairies today were not for bison. Want to get rid of greenbriar and scrub? Put a bale in the middle of it. The cows will do all the work.
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posted on
12/22/2014 10:33:45 AM PST
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: grundle
Liberals always seem to forget the vast herds of Bison that once roamed this land. If cattle are the problem the Bison should have fried us to a crisp.
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posted on
12/22/2014 10:35:04 AM PST
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: grundle
" Lately, critics have blamed bovine burps, flatulence and even breath for climate change." Once upon a time there were millions of Bison.
Many millions more than there are cattle today.
But I guess Bison don't fart.
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posted on
12/22/2014 10:40:10 AM PST
by
Falcon4.0
To: grundle
that and it tastes wonderful
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posted on
12/22/2014 10:46:49 AM PST
by
Nifster
To: Nifster
The difference between grass fed and corn fed is astounding. Corn fed doesn’t even taste good to me anymore.
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posted on
12/22/2014 10:52:04 AM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: goodwithagun
“The difference between grass fed and corn fed is astounding.”
If it isn't corn fed and aged with lots of fat marbling I won't eat it.
Grass fed is inedible crap!!!
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:00:12 AM PST
by
dalereed
To: grundle
Lately, critics have blamed bovine burps, flatulence and even breath for climate change.
This is nothing new. Congress appropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the study of this in the late 80's and early 90's.
Conversely, there was a study in Canada a number of years ago that measured the gas expulsion of several humans on a daily basis. They found that the average human expels approx. 3 liters of gas per day.
Do some math! 7 billion humans times 3 and the amount of gas expelled by humans far exceeds what a few cows might do.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:04:19 AM PST
by
Parmy
To: dalereed
Perhaps you could learn to cook the grass fed beef properly, then you would discover the incredible flavor of it?
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:04:55 AM PST
by
MHGinTN
To: dalereed
We’ll just have to agree to disagree, FRiend.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:09:06 AM PST
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: grundle
The problem is that cows typically do not graze in herds. Some farmers are employing
mob grazing to simulate the benefit of herds. As to cow flatulence the carbon that is in the grass is going to be converted into CO2, either by the grazers or by bacteria. It really doesn't matter which one.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:11:05 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: grundle
Grass-fed! LOL! Well, okay. It will be your money and my cost savings!
[Ain’t city slickers great?]
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:26:37 AM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: dalereed
“Grass fed is inedible crap!!!”
True that. Years ago one of the grocery stores tried selling that at a big discount, that didn’t last long.
Even at a discount it is unfit for anything except hamburger.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:28:48 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(If illegal aliens are undocumented immigrants, then shoplifters are undocumented customers.)
To: grundle
So far the basic premise — Liberals are wrong about absolutely everything — remains rock solid.
To: grundle
***People who advocate eating less beef often argue that producing it hurts the environment.***
80 milliom bison=good!
80 million cattle=bad!
We must all eat grass!
To: Straight Vermonter
"The problem is that cows typically do not graze in herds."
Cattle do everything in herds. The bulls lead, warn the herds against predators and find water. It's obvious to real farmers in the Midwest and more obvious in large grazing areas of the West.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:36:10 AM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: goodwithagun
***The difference between grass fed and corn fed is astounding.***
Yes it is, and the purpose of grain fed cattle is to get rid of the “off” flavors picked up by the cattle. You really should try some beef that has been eating on pasture with some wild onions growing in it! You will never badmouth grain fed beef again.
To: Idaho_Cowboy
"Liberals always seem to forget the vast herds of Bison that once roamed this land."
The folks not long descended from Europe worship "bison" and give them an inexplicable pass. I repeatedly call the animals buffalo just to watch those foreigners get homesick.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:44:07 AM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: goodwithagun
I buy grass fed when I can. Aldi’s has grassfed hamburger in a one pound package. Its from Uruguay and Argentina and Australia. Frozen of course
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:47:13 AM PST
by
dennisw
(The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
To: dennisw
In fact, Argentinian beef is in high demand in much of the world specifically because the cattle in Argentina graze on grass only.
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posted on
12/22/2014 11:52:22 AM PST
by
RayChuang88
(Ferguson: put your hands down and go to work!)
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