by Karin L. | Jan 11, 2020 | Ruminations Blog
I’m confused. I thought cows were supposed to be some sort of colloquial term encapsulating all bovines, but then I get this meme telling me to, “go vegan,” after reading about how beef steers get raped and children murdered to produce milk for...
by Karin L. | Jul 25, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
Recently in the news, there was some video footage captured of a bison bull tossing a nine-year-old child into the air at Yellowstone National Park. She sustained some injuries according to some of the news reports but otherwise is physically fine. Mentally though, I...
by Karin L. | Apr 3, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
I’ve gotten to that point in time–or maybe my life–where I just cannot go reading a study and believe it to be factually true. I honestly don’t care how many authors have signed their names to it, or whether it hails from some prestigious...
by Karin L. | Mar 8, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
Does it really take more land to produce grass-fed (pasture-based) beef compared with grain-fed (feedlot)? That’s an experiment I was willing to take on that you’ll read about more below. The results may surprise you. I have a hypothesis that I want to...
by Karin L. | Mar 5, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
“There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damn lies, and statistics.” –Mark Twain. A way of saying that you can lie and use statistics, and you can tell the truth and use statistics. With regards to this animal versus plant-based land-use argument, the...
by Karin L. | Mar 4, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
When it comes to quantifying land used for either meat production or growing “plant-based foods,” things can get a little messy. I’ve been finding a lot of information gets misinterpreted. Keep this quote in mind: “There are lies, damned lies,...