Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603585362 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Comprehensive and Balanced" according to Robert Zielkowski. The ongoing debate over beef production and consumption is rife with pride, hardened egos, and conflict. Defending Beef provides the most current description of the many facets to this debate and a breath of fresh air from the common, myopic manner that unfortunately characterizes how the related topics are often treated. While far from being free of passion, the author expertly describes with minimal prejudice the best that science, rational thought, and common sense have to offer the discussion of where we find ourselves with respect to our food supply near the en. Medium Rare Vilnis Neilands The author formerly was an environmental attorney steeped in natural sciences, who by serendipity ended up immersed in cattle ranching and by her own admission stopped imbibing the Kool Aid of her former indoctrination.It is pleasant to read of the awakening of someone from the slumber of the Bambi mantra. She does so quite well and eloquently as far as cattle ranching is concerned. Her treatise of both good and bad is wide ranging, insightful and salient. I particularly harmonized with her views on people, with particular emphasis on the state of our children&rsquo. A riveting and illuminating book for all! 'Defending Beef' is an enjoyable and straightforward book which I highly recommend to be read by all, especially by those who, like me, were raised to think that red meat is bad for you and the environment. A passionate and riveting manifesto for sustainable meat production, it does not defend beef the way it is currently produced on a large, industrial scale. Instead, it makes a compelling case for better and humane cattle management which guarantees a better life for the animals, healthier food for people (including non meat eaters), and a restored balance to the
She methodically evaluates health claims made against beef, demonstrating that such claims have proven false. She shows how foods from cattlemilk and meat, particularly when raised entirely on grassare healthful, extremely nutritious, and an irreplaceable part of the world’s food system.Grounded in empirical scientific data and with living examples from around the world, Defending Beef builds a comprehensive argument that cattle can help to build carbon-sequestering soils to mitigate climate change, enhance biodiversity, help prevent desertification, and provide invaluable nutrition.Defending Beef is simultaneously a book about big ideas and the author’s own personal taleshe starts out as a skeptical vegetarian and eventually becomes an enthusiastic participant in environmentally sustainable ranching.While no single book can definitively answer the thorny question of how to feed the Earth’s growing population, Defending Beef makes the case that, whatever the world’s future food system looks like, cattle and beef can and must be part of the solution.. In fact, proper
In fact, she continually proposes ideas how to make meat production better by promoting the land- and animal-friendly practices of free-range, grass-fed ranching as a safer, more ecological, and healthier alternative to BigAg and industrial meat farming. Cows emit methane, a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon, when they burp, which is often. Deforestation? Forests are cleared primarily for soy, almost none of which goes to feed cows. And if you're an eater trying to pick your way through this divisive debate, you're cheering the information on every page.”The Wall Street Journal-“Using a potent mix of scientific data and neoteric theories about health and environment, Ms. If I were not already a consumer of grass-fed beef (I buy it frozen), I would be upon reading this book. Scale, b
She previously served as senior attorney for the Waterkeeper Alliance, running their campaign to reform the concentrated production of livestock and poultry. She lives on a ranch in Northern California, with her husband, Bill Niman, and their two sons.. Nicolette Hahn Niman is the author of Defending Beef. I