Daniel many thanks, not all cows eat grain, the cattle we are talking about eat grass and forage, it is simply not the same. Our farmers don’t use dangerous fertilizer and here in lies the problem, not all meat is produced in the same way. The same is true for fruits and vegetables that use horrific pesticides and herbicides in monocultures that suck aquifers dry.

I think we are on the same page. It isn’t the product, it isn’t the system and the farmers I represent aren’t using a system with those challenges. But even then, the meta-analysis used is flawed simply because the solution is complex and site specific. These broad meta-analysis, by design, bundle all systems together. For example, almond fluids are evil on water usage but claim to be better on methane and also rely on bare land that has no bio-diversity.

Simply put, it isn’t the product, it’s the system.