Can Fewer Burgers Slow Climate Change?

What about human farts...I've never met a burger that didn't give me gas. In Texas, we're cattle country...cattle producers...cattle butchers...beef sellers. If the people want it, we got it. No offense, but I think those experts are full of bullsh*t.

By the way--our cow was raised an hour away--it's local and as sustainable as beef gets.

We bought a 1/4 of a cow---grass-fed beef from Chileno Valley Ranch. The cow never ate grain (which is a huge part of the problem). Cows do not eat corn in nature; that's why they're pumped up with antibiotics, steroids and other strange, foreign substances. Our cow lived a happy life. She was never confined butts-to nuts, she was treated humanely. It's weird to think that all of our meat for the year comes from the same animal. You could go to Costco and purchase a big honking package of corn-fed beef and I will bet you that that entire package (unless it's a roast) did not come from the same animal.
By the way---grass fed beef is actually good for you; it's higher in Omega 3's and conjugated-lineolic acid.
And to answer your question Amanda, yes, good unadulturated meat, living the good life and raised humanely is divine.

YES. I considr myself well informed, but didn't know that animal farts were such a problem. frankly, it makes sense. I have to think abt this, thanks for making me do so...But i do try to eat grassfed beef, which hopefully would produce less methane???

I'm all for any efforts to slow climate change but I think curbing America's meat consumption might be harder than getting us out of our cars. Sure, people cut back on red meat when they found out it was bad for their heart, but bad for the environment? I'm not so sure it has the same impact. The large amount of emissions are in part due to how cattle are raised (and what they are fed) in this country...if we embraced more sustainable practices, people could eat the meat without the methane. Until then, I'll ride my bike, eschew plastics, and eat the occasional burger.

Any step to slow climate change is a good step.

I stopped eating red meat when I was 15. Now when I pass "Cowschwitz" on the 5 coming back from LA, I wonder what the draw is for people to eat meat. Why would someone want to eat an animal that is fed its own...and then injected with harmful chemicals that are bound to harm us? I don't get it. Meat can't taste that good.