@JamieVBeyer @GHGGuru I’m a bio major. I have to read papers and interpret data all the time. What you said proves even more your bias towards the subject. The science showing how cattle is not sustainable for our planet hurts your business, so you don’t want to believe it. Makes sense.
@JamieVBeyer @GHGGuru The only people that believe what you are saying are farmers that aren’t studying the impacts of what you’re doing. Where’s your facts & data and how do they fit into the big picture? I don’t care about my personal agenda, I don’t have a farm to maintain my income. You do - bias
@DesignerJimmy3 @1a@ImpossibleFoods@BeltwayBeef@timcarman@GHGGuru I can see that. Everyone switching to plant based diet isn’t attainable. I think a good start is reducing the amount of meals containing animal products. It’s like asbestos.. it was in everything & then we changed. It was hurting us. Similar thing w/ heart disease &climate change
@321PaulGrant@GHGGuru @ShaneWilson7144 There is a far greater impact on the earth from livestock (especially cattle) and feed production than any other form of agriculture. Tons of unbiased research to show that plant based diets (even partialy plant based) are far healthier for us and the environment.
@BeltwayBeef@ameshkov@1a@ImpossibleFoods@timcarman@GHGGuru Besides, you are a cattle, monetary oriented group. You have no interest in helping anyone but cattle producers. That includes claiming anything you can to help them. You have extreme bias that should not be ignored.
@DesignerJimmy3 @1a@ImpossibleFoods@BeltwayBeef@timcarman@GHGGuru While this is true, yes animal protein did provide us the ability to increase our caloric intake to evolve a bigger brain, but that’s changed. We should probably use our bigger brain to reduce our impacts on the planet, and reducing animal production would help tremendously.
@BeltwayBeef@ameshkov@1a@ImpossibleFoods@timcarman@GHGGuru .. of corn grown on arable land to feed the cattle. That land could be used to produce tons of fruits and vegetables that waste less, have less environmental impact, and are much healthier.
@BeltwayBeef@ameshkov@1a@ImpossibleFoods@timcarman@GHGGuru Beef is not a healthy dietary source & there is a massive amount of research that shows there are much better choices. Producing food from non-arable land does not make it environmentally friendly. Any benefit from cattle carbon sequestration is lost from the millions of acres..
@JamieVBeyer @GHGGuru The vast majority of people who get their meat and dairy do not buy it local. Just because it can be grown in winter doesn’t make it better. Soil health & environmental health overall does not benefit whatsoever from cattle. It’s actually destroyed by cattle.
@ameshkov@1a@ImpossibleFoods@BeltwayBeef@timcarman@GHGGuru Beef has been shown to cause an entire host of diseases and is a major contributor to the number one causes of death in America. While it may not be healthier than a beef burger, it definitely isn’t worse + has environmental benefits
@DesignerJimmy3 @1a@ImpossibleFoods@BeltwayBeef@timcarman@GHGGuru That would have happened anyways if we had the ability to eat the vast amount and variety of plants we have access to today. Simply wasn’t possible 100,000 years ago.
@smallFARMhedge@GHGGuru@1a Technically that bird breeds in grasslands & prairies.. different than pastures or hayfields, both of which have little to no biodiversity. While pastures/hayfields will work, prairies/grasslands are better for them + a multitude of species. Cattle wreak havoc on environment.
@1a @TheOChronicle Livestock, and agriculture to produce livestock, are one of the greatest contributors to climate change. This burger may not be considered a health food (neither is beef), but efforts like @ImpossibleFoods definitely reduce our impact on the environment.