https://ambrook.com/research/supply-chain/skin-is-tight-collagen-meat-industry?utm_source=Ambrook+Research+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2d925f9998-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_26_02_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d85bfec4c4-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
#CattleWreckedLandscapes: All throughout America, people wake up each morning and spread cow across their faces.
Yet supplies of collagen derived from American agriculture, noted Manning, haven’t kept up with domestic consumption. He estimated that only about 30-40 percent of bovine collagen produced in the U.S. can be sourced from cattle raised in the country. The rest comes from South American or European animals, including nearly all collagen advertised as “grass-fed” or “pasture-raised.”
#StopDeterioratingCarbonSinks #deforestationfootprint #TragedyOfEnclosure
Skin Is Tight | Ambrook Research
Collagen is a cheap and abundant meat industry byproduct — so why is the supply chain so challenging?
New Year, Same Congress: Politicians Block Livestock Emission Reporting Rules
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Anyone feeling compelled to look into a bill passed recently by the House of Representatives will see some familiar language. It may seem... #press
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/new-year-same-congress-politicians-block-livestock-emission-reporting-rules/?utm_source=press.coop
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23122023/blm-protect-wildlife-corridors-the-west/
#TrophicCascade: Long-distance migratory corridors are critical for the survival of herds. Yet Wyoming and other western states have stalled in establishing strong legal protections for these corridors on their public lands, where they are developing high-value energy and mineral projects and providing grazing ranges for ranchers.
#ButchersCrossing #HowTheWestWasLost #landback #SiblingBeings #TragedyOfEnclosure #CattleWreckedLandscapes
A BLM Proposal to Protect Wildlife Corridors Could Restore the West’s ‘Veins and Arteries’ - Inside Climate News
Last winter’s deaths of thousands of Wyoming antelope increased interest in “conservation leases.” But where wildlife advocates see hope, energy and ranching interests fear an attack on the “Western way of life.”
US agency ends use of 'cyanide bomb' to kill coyotes
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of spring-loaded traps that disperse cyanide powder to kill coyotes and other livestock predators. It's a practice wildlife advocates have tried to outlaw for decades due to safety concerns. The M-44 ejector devices that critics call “cyanide bombs” have unintentionally killed thousands of pets and non-predator wildlife, including endangered species. They have a scented bait and emit a poisonous cloud when triggered by a physical disturbance. The Bureau of Land Management quietly posted a notice on its website last week that it no longer will use the devices across the 390,625 square miles it manages nationally.
https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-poor-pay-more-for-water-than-the-rich-un/a-47970657
#CattleWreckedLandscapes: Although Germany is on the right track when it comes to water rights, "we are partly responsible for the great problems in other regions of the world, such as the import of cotton or beef, the production of which can be very water-intensive," Burchardt warned.
#wealthinequality #PovertyIsStructural #RightToAccessWater
World's poor pay more for water than the rich
More than 2 billion people on earth did not have access to clean and drinkable water. Worldwide, the poor and marginalized were less likely to have clean water and sanitation, according to a UNESCO report.
Arizona to end Saudi hay-growing company's farmland leases
A Saudi company that grows hay in Arizona and California and exports it to the Middle East will lose several farmland leases amid a controversy over water.
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