Solving climate change with livestock… and we get to eat meat!

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The opposite of what Greens are pushing for. And what I always thought was a Bad Thing: hard-hoofed ruminants. But apparently they are needed to mimic large herds of previous native grazing animals. So says Zimbabwean farmer-biologist Alan Savory.

The TED talk above was 10 years ago, so why haven’t we heard more about it? Well because his claim is challenged, as the Notes at the TED talk say. Challenged in terms of “grass-fed” vs grain-fed meat, and I realise I have heard about that debate. But not in terms of grass-fed helping to reverse desertification. Just in terms of “grain-fed is better” (less methane). One begins to wonder, is the grain-fed lobby in there muddying the waters? Whoops! A conspiracy theory!