News Headline

What’s Really ‘Green’? A Look Beef Finishing on Feedlots

Source
TriplePundit

Publication Date
2018-03-15

In my last post, I used a science-based green purchasing framework to evaluate sustainability of cattle grazing operations. The first two steps were to identify (1) key impacts of poorly managed ranches, and (2) solutions to each impact. Here I repeat this exercise for beef feedlots. Given the destructive consequences of industrial crop production, evaluating feedlot sustainability encompasses impacts and solutions related to feed supply chains.

Content
https://www.triplepundit.com/2018/03/whats-really-green-look-beef-part-iv-grain-finishing-feedlots/