grazing livestock is most definitely not a waste of land and water. Having grass fed animals is more than just having animals that eat grass on the open range. It means that ranchers and farmers who utilize this opportunity of ranging their animals can spend valuable summer time taking care of vital farming operations that can only be done in the summer time when snow is not on the ground.
All over California you can find the golden brown grass, giving the state it’s name, the Golden State of California. Only this golden grass, for the most part, is actually dead annual wild oats. Annual grasses have roots that are only six inches deep. They grow during the rainy season from April through June to about four feet tall, develop seed heads that fall to the ground, which becomes next year’s crop. When any grass is green and lush, it is using photosynthesis. Photosynthesis removes carbon from the air, thus cleaning our air and releasing oxygen for us to breath. Trees do the same thing, except trees are perennials and if evergreen, they are constantly cleaning the air. Annual grasses die out at the end of their season and begin to decompose. 40% of the carbon from photosynthesis remains in their leaves, stems, and roots. This carbon is released back into the atmosphere during decomposition, which works adversely, polluting our air.
Crest Point Farms is working to convert our grasses to perennials. Perennial grasses do not die out, thus they do not pollute. They continue to grow, until they are about four feet tall. At this stage of growth, cattle and pigs become a vital tool to graze the grass down, forcing the perennial grasses to stay in a continuous state of growing. By using a combination of winter, spring, and summer perennials, grass is perpetually removing carbon from the air and producing oxygen. The carbon is converted by the grass into sugars, transported down to the roots, and exuded out onto the roots for bacteria and fungi below ground to consume. We call these bacterial and fungi our below ground "herd." It is these fungi and bacteria that are churning the soil, digesting its nutrients, and depositing it in the form of a gel onto the grass roots to be absorbed. This gel becomes the energy used by grass to fuel the photosynthesis process, each day, every day, all year long. So at Crest Point Farms, we have a herd that you can see above ground, and we have a herd that you don’t see below ground. We use a microscope and computer to track our below ground herd, figuring out what needs to be done to keep them active, growing, and happy. Our above ground herd helps us fertilize the soil for the microbes, churn up the top few inches with their hooves to add oxygen, and eat the grass back to force a continuous growing state. They are the critical tools we use to grow more grass, cleaning the air. It is the perennial grasses, the water, the cattle, the pigs, and the below ground biology all working together as a total system, that makes this possible. This is the process that creates a giant, sustainable, solar powered panel, our farm, that is eliminating polluting carbon from the air and sequestering it into our soils in the form of sugars for the bacteria and fungi to consume, cleaning the water we drink, improving our soils, adding vital nutrients to the food we eat.
All cows are grass fed. The beef that is grass finished, that is no feedlot where cows are stuffed with soy and antibiotics to quickly increase their weight, is what I eat.
Grass fed means they live outside in fields and do not get corn. The meat is leaner, the cows are happy. It is not a waste of land. It is about balance, really. Mass production of foods for a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle is draining for the soil and displaces thousands of small animals and insects. So you save a cow but kill vast numbers of other life forms. We all should eat less, eat less meat and be willing to pay a decent amount for it to keep small farms in business or they will disappear and then the only food available will be mass produced.
No, grazing livestock is definitely not a waste of land and water. Some friends have 130 acres of land on which they raise 60+ head of cattle, along with several pigs, and chickens. The cows have never been given antibiotics, hormones, soy or grains of any sort. They are raised on grass in the summer and hay in the winter, all from the nutrient-rich soil on the land. They are also given vitamin and mineral supplements that keep them healthy, instead of antibiotics and hormones. Their waste helps to continually fertilize the fields so that each year the grasses become more abundant for food. The well on the land provides water for them to drink. The meat that is produced from these cows is healthy, rich and flavorful and free from the many contaminants that are harmful to those with food sensitivities. I applaud the many small farmers who are endeavoring to maintain the true grass-fed way. It is as nature intended it, not man.
Business from Collbran, CO
Answered on Sep 13th, 2019
It's all about preference. Kinda like fake beef burgers tasting like beef..You can't fool a country boy it's easy to tell the difference when you have had real beef most your life. If you have eaten beef flavored card board like the corporate burger diners have trained you to accept then you don't know the difference. Eating real beef can make people feel like it's just to much its heavy and dense and rich. They spend a lot of money on harnessing the "Beef taste" because fat when cooked is delicious in meat! And as human animals fat can become addicting. Fat is broken down into sugar.
In the past beef cattle have been "finished" or over fed all the grain they can put on there frames for two reasons they call it marbling or extra fat in the muscle layers and also extra weight since beef is sold by the pound.
So when people decided that they wanted to feel like they are not putting extra fat in there diet "grass fed: was born. All cattle are grass fed till there put on the feedlot for gaining fat...so. The extra time cattle spend on grass pasture for grass fed finishing is the same "carbon footprint" as feedlot cattle. I actually think feedlot cattle take more resources to produce. So if you like cardboard flavor go grass fed. If you like real beef flavor finished beef is your desire. Foreign markets love finished beef so if your concerned about environmental ie pastures, resources, and the favorite libtard diatribe greenhouse gas. Its all depends on what the majority of humans crave when it's all said and done.
Business from Powell River, BC
Answered on Sep 13th, 2019
This is a question that is dependent on the place and time. Indian cows frequently wander anywhere and everywhere, taking up less land than the average North American person. Likely, Europe was the same in the past. I would rather have the meat of an animal that has used its body in activities such as walking around or grazing than ones slipping and breathing feces all day in a corporate meat factory. Does grass fed have any value if they are hyped up on antibiotics. There is a difference between Canadian and USA milk. Also, dairy herds are smaller in Canada (average 85) with the us significantly bigger (average 225). Canada has 11,000 dairy farms while the US has about 41,800. In poop alone, that is a major difference. The impact of grazing will be of no comparison.
So, does the question have the same meaning or value between the two countries? USA has a population per square km of
35.32
while Canada has
3.988. Is the impact of grazing cows different between the two counties?
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grazing livestock is most definitely not a waste of land and water. Having grass fed animals is more than just having animals that eat grass on the open range. It means that ranchers and farmers who utilize this opportunity of ranging their animals can spend valuable summer time taking care of vital farming operations that can only be done in the summer time when snow is not on the ground.
All over California you can find the golden brown grass, giving the state it’s name, the Golden State of California. Only this golden grass, for the most part, is actually dead annual wild oats. Annual grasses have roots that are only six inches deep. They grow during the rainy season from April through June to about four feet tall, develop seed heads that fall to the ground, which becomes next year’s crop. When any grass is green and lush, it is using photosynthesis. Photosynthesis removes carbon from the air, thus cleaning our air and releasing oxygen for us to breath. Trees do the same thing, except trees are perennials and if evergreen, they are constantly cleaning the air. Annual grasses die out at the end of their season and begin to decompose. 40% of the carbon from photosynthesis remains in their leaves, stems, and roots. This carbon is released back into the atmosphere during decomposition, which works adversely, polluting our air.
Crest Point Farms is working to convert our grasses to perennials. Perennial grasses do not die out, thus they do not pollute. They continue to grow, until they are about four feet tall. At this stage of growth, cattle and pigs become a vital tool to graze the grass down, forcing the perennial grasses to stay in a continuous state of growing. By using a combination of winter, spring, and summer perennials, grass is perpetually removing carbon from the air and producing oxygen. The carbon is converted by the grass into sugars, transported down to the roots, and exuded out onto the roots for bacteria and fungi below ground to consume. We call these bacterial and fungi our below ground "herd." It is these fungi and bacteria that are churning the soil, digesting its nutrients, and depositing it in the form of a gel onto the grass roots to be absorbed. This gel becomes the energy used by grass to fuel the photosynthesis process, each day, every day, all year long. So at Crest Point Farms, we have a herd that you can see above ground, and we have a herd that you don’t see below ground. We use a microscope and computer to track our below ground herd, figuring out what needs to be done to keep them active, growing, and happy. Our above ground herd helps us fertilize the soil for the microbes, churn up the top few inches with their hooves to add oxygen, and eat the grass back to force a continuous growing state. They are the critical tools we use to grow more grass, cleaning the air. It is the perennial grasses, the water, the cattle, the pigs, and the below ground biology all working together as a total system, that makes this possible. This is the process that creates a giant, sustainable, solar powered panel, our farm, that is eliminating polluting carbon from the air and sequestering it into our soils in the form of sugars for the bacteria and fungi to consume, cleaning the water we drink, improving our soils, adding vital nutrients to the food we eat.
All cows are grass fed. The beef that is grass finished, that is no feedlot where cows are stuffed with soy and antibiotics to quickly increase their weight, is what I eat.
Grass fed means they live outside in fields and do not get corn. The meat is leaner, the cows are happy. It is not a waste of land. It is about balance, really. Mass production of foods for a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle is draining for the soil and displaces thousands of small animals and insects. So you save a cow but kill vast numbers of other life forms. We all should eat less, eat less meat and be willing to pay a decent amount for it to keep small farms in business or they will disappear and then the only food available will be mass produced.
No, grazing livestock is definitely not a waste of land and water. Some friends have 130 acres of land on which they raise 60+ head of cattle, along with several pigs, and chickens. The cows have never been given antibiotics, hormones, soy or grains of any sort. They are raised on grass in the summer and hay in the winter, all from the nutrient-rich soil on the land. They are also given vitamin and mineral supplements that keep them healthy, instead of antibiotics and hormones. Their waste helps to continually fertilize the fields so that each year the grasses become more abundant for food. The well on the land provides water for them to drink. The meat that is produced from these cows is healthy, rich and flavorful and free from the many contaminants that are harmful to those with food sensitivities. I applaud the many small farmers who are endeavoring to maintain the true grass-fed way. It is as nature intended it, not man.
It's all about preference. Kinda like fake beef burgers tasting like beef..You can't fool a country boy it's easy to tell the difference when you have had real beef most your life. If you have eaten beef flavored card board like the corporate burger diners have trained you to accept then you don't know the difference. Eating real beef can make people feel like it's just to much its heavy and dense and rich. They spend a lot of money on harnessing the "Beef taste" because fat when cooked is delicious in meat! And as human animals fat can become addicting. Fat is broken down into sugar.
In the past beef cattle have been "finished" or over fed all the grain they can put on there frames for two reasons they call it marbling or extra fat in the muscle layers and also extra weight since beef is sold by the pound.
So when people decided that they wanted to feel like they are not putting extra fat in there diet "grass fed: was born. All cattle are grass fed till there put on the feedlot for gaining fat...so. The extra time cattle spend on grass pasture for grass fed finishing is the same "carbon footprint" as feedlot cattle. I actually think feedlot cattle take more resources to produce. So if you like cardboard flavor go grass fed. If you like real beef flavor finished beef is your desire. Foreign markets love finished beef so if your concerned about environmental ie pastures, resources, and the favorite libtard diatribe greenhouse gas. Its all depends on what the majority of humans crave when it's all said and done.
This is a question that is dependent on the place and time. Indian cows frequently wander anywhere and everywhere, taking up less land than the average North American person. Likely, Europe was the same in the past. I would rather have the meat of an animal that has used its body in activities such as walking around or grazing than ones slipping and breathing feces all day in a corporate meat factory. Does grass fed have any value if they are hyped up on antibiotics. There is a difference between Canadian and USA milk. Also, dairy herds are smaller in Canada (average 85) with the us significantly bigger (average 225). Canada has 11,000 dairy farms while the US has about 41,800. In poop alone, that is a major difference. The impact of grazing will be of no comparison.
So, does the question have the same meaning or value between the two countries? USA has a population per square km of 35.32 while Canada has 3.988. Is the impact of grazing cows different between the two counties?
Is this a joke?! My expertise is experiential design.