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No one has seen the data behind #Tyson’s “climate friendly beef”
Tyson—one of “big four” #meatpackers—applied to #USDA, seeking a “climate friendly” label for its Brazen Beef. #BrazenBeef claims a “10% #greenhousegas reduction.”
“There are lots of misleading claims on food, but it’s hard to imagine a claim that’s more misleading than ‘climate friendly’ beef,” said #EWG
Millions of taxpayer dollars flow to #livestock companies raising "low carbon" #beef. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/no-one-has-seen-the-data-behind-tysons-climate-friendly-beef-claim/
No one has seen the data behind Tyson’s “climate friendly beef” claim

Millions of taxpayer dollars flow to livestock companies raising "low carbon" beef.

Ars Technica
May 10, 2024 at 4:47pmWeb
Show threadDarwin WoodkaMay 10, 2024

@BenjaminHCCarr

Tyson is an evil evil company. Do not buy.

Show threadBill OrcuttMay 10, 2024

@BenjaminHCCarr

OR - we, the people could just reduce our consumption of beef! (see attached image): So, think about all those emissions that would be eliminated if we reduced our consumption of beef by 75%! And that doesn’t include the 26% reduction in water consumption, the 19% of land made available for other uses, and that instead of 95% cattle growth there would be a 75% reduction in the world’s cattle.

But even more than that, we would be eliminating greenhouse gases that are far worse than carbon dioxide. The below figure shows that methane (CH4 - 130 times more potent than CO2) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O - 300 times more potent than CO2) are highly concentrated in animal agriculture.

Don’t believe people can stop global warming? Then you should read my e-book https://www.amazon.com/PLANET-TOO-HOT-eco-conscious-mitigating-ebook/dp/B0CW1FNVJQ , find out for yourself how Eco-conscious citizens can cool the planet by themselves

Show threadBenjamin Carr, Ph.D. đŸ‘šđŸ»â€đŸ’»đŸ§ŹMay 10, 2024

@WBOrcutt as a long time #vegan I can clearly say that #beef elimination is possible

#greenhousegas #emissions from farming are significant, and I couldn't agree more that we need to have mostly plant-based, or at least plant-forward diets to keep from cooking the planet more than we already have.