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Posted on 07/19/2011 3:44:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
A new report issued by the Environmental Working Group calculates the carbon footprint of meats, cheeses, and a smattering of other foods.
The results are good news for those who avoid red meat as well as vegans. They are not good news for vegetarian cheese lovers like this blogger.
Special shout-out to those of you who eat baby sheep: You suck! Lamb is the single most carbon-intensive meat, .. (beef 2nd)
Cheese comes out ahead of pork, farmed salmon, chicken and canned tuna. ..
What it means, in practical terms:
-Eating one less burger a week, is like driving 320 miles less over the course of a year or line-drying your clothes half of the time.
-If a family of four skips steak once a week, they may as well have left the car in the garage for three months.
-If everyone in the U.S. gave up meat and cheese one day a week, it would be the equivalent of taking 7.6 million cars off the road for a year.
Eating meat and dairy produced in more eco-friendly ways will lighten your load on the planet. And simply eating less meat and cheese will lighten your load on the bathroom scale.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
“We should all come live on your farm. Do you have room for a few thousand Freepers?”
BYOB
;)
It would be fun, wouldn’t it?
Nanny State PING!
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What family of 4 can afford steak that often anyway? The Trumps? The Rowlings?
Last I heard, some of these “green*” groups were complaining about how using computers & the Web was “killing the planet” because of the carbon footprints & “pollution” involved in building, using, and disposing of computers and their necessary infrastructure.
* “green” = RED, as in “progressive**”/socialist/commie-pinko
** “progressive” = anti-progress, regressive, anti-capitalist
Gee, thanks for reminding me that I have 6 bunnies, and a half dozen broilers to butcher this week.
Couple of more weeks, and it’ll be a half dozen fryers to do.
Two-three weeks later, the other 6 “broilers” will be roasters.
I live young rooster to a neighbor who needs a new one, and that’ll leave 4 or 5 layers for the two of us
A couple weeks or so after that, more bunnies for the freezer...and then deer & turkey season.
Two cows sounds like about twice as much twice a day milking than I want to even contemplate, let alone have to do; but pigs is good...REALLY good.
I have no other job (V.A. disability so I have the time to milk two cows 2x per day and process the milk/cream into different dairy products.
The rabbits are tasty, aren’t they?
Muscovy ducks and Toulouse geese.... look into them.
They are great foragers and although I haven’t taken any to the table yet, they’re supposed to be great. I presently have 2 mama ducks on nests and in about 1 1/2 weeks, I should have around 30 new ducklings.
Muscovy duck is described as being close to beef and some say venison.... very little fat so they are not greasy and are healthy. I warn you, be carful about name these guys, they are very friendly. So, the ones I intend to butcher get democrat names such as, Reid, Pelosi, Obama......
I have read that just a couple of Muscovies will get rid of 90% of the flies around your barn.
I’m new to this bird thing, but so far it’s easy and I love it.
I don’t like rabbit for eating, but I feed my GSD a 100% raw diet...much of it is meat.... he eats about a half a chicken a day, as well as beef. I’ve been thinking about raising rabbits for him. It looks cheap and easy and I know they breed like the dickens.
As for my carbon footprint, I don’t give a flying flip.
Enjoy your farm...
Too long is inexcusable, but the too hot part is because they insist on using mesquite instead of a fruit wood, like civilized folks do.
I do like ducks eggs and I hear they eat the moss out of your lawn which is a good thing.
You bet they are! Good hides, too.
If you get interested in raising Muscovy ducks and have difficulty in finding any to start up with, I should have some available next spring. I found mine on craigslist. Folks sell them to thin out their stock, especially in late summer and fall.
I won’t ship them and I’m not in business to sell them, but if you need them and don’t mind the drive, I live in Port Angeles, Washington. Depending where you are, I might agree to meet you half way. I paid $20 each for mine and they were 6 months old when I bought them. I’ll give you a fair deal.
I have not eaten any duck eggs, but I did eat a fried goose egg... I was great. It seems that most people prefer them scrambled or use them in baking.... same with duck eggs. Those are “one egg” meals. LOL
“I live in Port Angeles, Washington.”
I’m in Copalis Crossing Wa. If I decide to get them, it will not be until next spring, when I get more chicken and turkeys but yes, I’d be happier getting them from you than a feed store.
On second thought, I probably don't want to know, but eating them increasingly seems to be the only way of shutting them up.
Just let me know if and when you’re ready. BTW, In person, I am not as mean and grumpy as I may sometimes sound on FR. LOL
Also, I’d be surprised if you were to find Muscovy ducks at a feed store. If you research them on the net you’ll understand why. They are the best all around farm duck. Oh, they are quiet too. These guys don’t quack, they hiss and occasionally tweet.
They seem easy to train too. You don’t need a pond for Muscovy, just a small children’s pool..about $6 from Walmart. However, I have a pond about 75 yards from my house. My favorite guy is Elvis. I can yell “Elvis” from one of the windows and he will fly up in the air to around 30’ and land right in front of the window. LOL He knows he will never see the inside of my freezer.
Cheers.....
What breed of rabbit do you recommend for the table?
I ate rabbit a few times when I was a kid and I seriously didn’t like them. I might be willing to try them again.
:’D
New Zealands Whites; California Whites; American Chinchilla. There are a few other meat breads as well, but I’m not familiar with them; and the first two are the most common.
Main things for good eating is to use them around 6-9 weeks old for good tenderness; and to never forget that they need to be treated like any other animal for the table: good hygeine, good health, good nutrition; quick kill while it’s calm; good hygeine, good bleeding; quick cooling; good hygeine; proper preparation.
The manure is great for the garden, as it can be used any time it’s needed, because it is ‘low heat’ and won’t burn the plants, even when fresh.
Hard to find in stores in most areas, as they have been ‘petified’; and many breeders do not want to sell to us carnivores, even if they have meat breeds.
As for us, we just have 2 does and a buck to produce just for us and a couple of close friends who like the occassional friwed rabbit...or hassenpfeffer. (essentially a German ‘rabbit sauerbratten’ dish)
What's the carbon footprint of that? :-)
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