Canadian cattle producers are working to make beef a more sustainable food source, say farmers in the wake of a study that shows beef production is far more environmentally damaging than other food production.
The study, published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said raising beef does more damage to the environment than producing dairy, poultry, pork or eggs, producing more greenhouse gases, using more water, and taking up more land.
The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef was established a year ago to address some of those issues. Its aim is to both find better ways of raising beef cattle, and point out ways in which cattle farmers are working more sustainably.
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