Aloha House (Philippines): Keith Mikkelson Mikkelson runs the Aloha House, a ranch and an organic farm in Puerto Princesa on the island of Palawan in the Philippines Mikkelson raises cattle, goats, hogs, and chickens on his small-scale, diverse farm in the tropics, and these animals are part of the natural farming process He also has […]
I was able to watch the documentary, Cowspiracy, on Netflix. This documentary is based on showing people what the animal industry is about and just how impactful it is on the environment. As far as facts, they point out that animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of global emissions, while transportation exhaust from planes and […]
Marco Springmann opened up his Ted Talk by showing the brutal images of fire in California and France during last summer’s heatwave. He then linked images of dead zones that have been made so by the process of eutrophication. The link between all of this was the beef and meat industry and our food intake […]
I had the opportunity to listen to a NPR show on how eating less beef leads to helping the environment. They talk about how the meat industry makes up ¼ of emissions globally. Methane and CO2 are the results of farming beef. This show talks about how people eating so much meat is leading to […]
Green America https://www.greenamerica.org/eat-less-meat-cool-planet This organization focuses on raising awareness and money to combat red meat consumption which is a leader in greenhouse gas emissions and in turn climate change. They do a multitude of campaigns, one being the vote with your dollar one. This campaign focuses on studying how the problem can be addressed as […]
Local News on Limiting Our Red Meat Intake This article talks about how the meat industry pushes back on California specifically. Recently in California, a state legislator introduced a bill called the California Climate-Friendly Food Program, with the goal of promoting plant-based foods in schools and reducing greenhouse gas emissions linked to livestock. However, within […]
As climate change continues to impact our planet, we are still continuing to see harmful non-sustainable practices hurt the environment and atmosphere. Farming livestock, especially cattle, has larger repercussions on the environment than we think. Because we feed cows at such a high clip in the United States to cope with the demand for red […]