They also
produce less meat, so there need to be more of them to yield a profitable amount.
Not exact matches
For one thing, they require much
less feed to
produce meat.
(Hanna Tuomisto, who in 2011 conducted a study at Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, found that growing
meats in - vitro would use 35 % to 60 %
less energy, emit 80 % to 95 %
less greenhouse gas and use around 98 %
less land than conventionally
produced animal
meat.)
Different parts of the chicken will contribute different amounts of gelatin to the stock: Breast
meat produces a deliciously flavorful stock that is very thin, while wings
produce a slightly
less clean flavor, with lots of gelatin.
As one of the group's leaders, Hsu Jen - hsiu, rightly says eating
less or no
meat is a way to love our planet because livestock emit large volumes of methane into the atmosphere, which contribute more to global warming than the emissions
produced by all the vehicles around the world.
Cargill, one of the largest global agricultural companies, has joined Bill Gates and other business giants to invest in a nascent technology to make
meat from self -
producing animal cells amid rising consumer demand for protein that's
less reliant on feed, land and water.
Producing and eating
less meat can free up these crops for human consumption.
I think eating just poultry and fish is a good compromise; they take much
less grain to
produce the
meat (and are better for you), especially if the animals are organic and raised / killed humanely.
If it fails, the American
Meat Institute (AMI) claims that an extra 1.5 million cattle would need to be slaughtered to meet demand for ground beef without the feared «slime» — also putting an end to the far more sustainable practice of using every part of the animal, at a time when we are trying to
produce more food from
less land.
It is time to modernise the WTO and the world trade system and give nation states the right to safeguard their markets against
meat imports
produced in third countries to
less civilised standards.
A hint to get you started:
Less water goes into grains, fruits, and vegetables than into
meat because
produce is ready to eat after one growing season, while livestock, such as cattle, have to be fed for years.
«The average efficiency of livestock converting plant feed to
meat is
less than 3 %, and as we eat more
meat, more arable cultivation is turned over to
producing feedstock for animals that provide
meat for humans.
Less fatty meats produce less smoke when gril
Less fatty
meats produce less smoke when gril
less smoke when grilled.
Although
less than 1 % of
meat shows traces of antibiotics later, there's some evidence that antibiotic - resistant bacteria are more common in conventionally
produced cuts than in organic products.
Some argue we need even
less than that and get plenty from
produce and
meats.
When you combine the fact that most people are NOT getting adequate small doses of daily sunshine, are over-using chemical - based sunscreens that prevent your body from
producing vitamin D, and are also getting
less Vitamin D from the
meat, dairy, and eggs in our food supply these days, you can see why Vitamin D deficiency is a major problem right now.
Another example would be chicken... Unhealthy chickens that are raised in factory chicken houses, never see an outdoor environment, and fed unnatural amounts of grains are going to
produce a significantly
less healthy chicken
meat for your meals compared to a chicken that spent most of its time outdoors roaming fields and eating greens, seeds, bugs, worms, and other natural items that chickens like to eat.
Across the board, the red
meat dieters
produced less attractive body odor.
Meat quality: Factory farming damages the environment and
produces animals that are not optimally healthy, which means they also make us
less healthy.
Another way to stretch your grocery budget is to add
produce to your recipes to supplement the amount of
meat you use, such as adding filling veggies like mushrooms or cauliflower to a lasagna and using
less (or no)
meat.
Certain companies
producing hypoallergenic dog foods use
meats — called novel ingredients — that are
less common as allergens.
But this isn't just about eating
less meat - there are plenty of fruits, vegetables and grains that take a toll on our environment the way they are
produced.
German researchers created a methane - reducing pill, while scientists in Wales found that cows who consumed garlic
produced 50 percent
less gas (although it's unclear if a garlicky diet impacts the taste of milk or
meat).
Although on a smaller scale than country farms,
producing vegetables,
meat, eggs, mushrooms and other food products in cities can yield significant returns and often requires
less financial investment, making the activity viable to a larger number of people.
Friends of the Earth submitted initial comments on the draft as well as comments on the final Scientific Report and testified at an official HHS and USDA Dietary Guidelines meeting in Washington, D.C. calling on the agencies to fully integrate the sustainability recommendations, while emphasizing the need to promote
less and better, humane, more sustainably -
produced meat and dairy products.
They dig out figures which indicate that globally about 56 billion animals are raised and slaughtered for food each year, the bulk of whom are «
produced» in factory farms.Lancet says Eat
Less Meat WorldWatch's statistically rich report by Brian Halweil concludes by quoting that much esteemed medical journal, The Lancet.
While
less meat gets wasted than does fruit and vegetables, the amount of energy required to
produce meat is «significantly» more than that for plant - based food production, which means that the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from
meat production is also much higher, leading researchers to indicate that
meat waste has a «greater negative environmental impact.»
The result, says Mathres, is a healthier cow that
produces better milk and more
meat but with 30 percent
less methane.