Put down that veggie burger. These farmers say their cows can solve the climate crisis | CNN
Danie Slabbert points toward the cattle that brought his farm back to life. Down the slope ahead of him, 500 black Drakensberger and mottled Nguni cows graze cheek by jowl.
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I've actually done a little research on this topic and it does make sense. The one thing I am still trying to figure out is how much meat this kind of farming would result in if we ended feedlots. I've even asked Forest Nymph to figure it out. I've seen numbers between 3 and 33% of the current production levels. Which would mean to many omnis they could not afford beef. or at least not that much.
This reminds me of the Polyface farm that I read about in the Omnivore's Dilemna. If you are interested in this topic you can read a little more about it here.
"This farm is where Salatin developed and put into practice many of his most significant agricultural methods. These include direct marketing of meats and produce to consumers, pastured-poultry, grass-fed beef and the rotation method which makes his farm more like an ecological system than conventional farming. Polyface Farm operates a farm store on-site where consumers go to pick up their products."
Of course, there is nothing vegan about this. The animals are still slaughtered. But the concept of working with nature has great appeal to me.