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It's Not the Cow, It's the 'How'

It's Not the Cow, It's the 'How'

Science is moving quickly to establish connections between soils, crop and animal nutrition, food quality, environmental and human health.

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Brenda Tjaden
May 01, 2023
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This common saying in the regenerative movement - “it’s not the cow, it’s the how” - was coined to counter past arguments that veganism is the solution to climate change. Early estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the agriculture sector suggested methane from cattle feedlots was the culprit. It is now understood that raising beef in an adapt…

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