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Eating Less Beef
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Eating Less Beef At Earth and Leaf we are absolutely passionate about the world population eating less beef. For example McDonalds uses 35000 cattle a day worldwide. We are fighting to educate everyone on this issue, so this article is a joy to read: Enjoy ! A rare treat … followers want to counteract the overconsumption of meat without giving it up. Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy Extract “I love beef,” says Vlad Luca, 25. But unlike most other self-proclaimed steak lovers, Vlad eats it only four times a year, on designated “beef days”. The “beef days” phenomenon has been popularised by the brothers John…
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Improve carcase weight and meat quality
“Shorter lairage will improve carcase weight and meat quality. It is really all about stress and fear. The practice is inherently cruel. Transporting the animals long distances to modern “efficient” abattoirs is another factor. If we can, through sustainability and regenerative farming practices, de-intensify livestock production it will also help.” {Earth and Leaf Editorial} Shorter lairage will improve carcase weight and meat quality Shorter pre-slaughter lairage improves carcase weight and meat quality, study shows SHORTER waiting times before slaughter for cattle at Australian Country Choice’s Cannon Hill processing facility could produce a 4.64kg/carcase weight advantage, according to a new study. Shared across the wider Australian red-meat…
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JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal
{Earth and Leaf Editorial – JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal – JBS is the worlds largest meat company and as such is out there with the fossil fuel companies. We need to remove JBS from the food supply chain unless they are willing to change. Given that it is prepared to break its own rules that is unlikely to happen.} {extract below} JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal The world’s biggest meat company bought cattle more than 100 times from a farm that was sanctioned and fined nearly $2.5 million for illegally destroying unique and…
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Australian Cattle Industry Suggests Shift from Net Zero
Australian cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach
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Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions
{The Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions. This is greenwashing. The industry is taking credit for higher rainfall. Its rubbish. Earth and Leaf Editorial} {extract below} Australian red meat industry has recorded 78% reduction in emissions The Australian red meat industry has recorded a 78% reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions since 2005 due to reduced rates of land clearing and increased forest regrowth, a report commissioned by Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has found. The report, released on Thursday, found that net greenhouse gas emissions from the red meat industry were equivalent to 31m tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2021. But the emissions data was…
