by Karin L. | Jun 20, 2024 | Ruminants & The Environment, Ruminations Blog |
A group of yearling steers and heifers checking a group of people out. Author’s own photo. A close friend of mine recounted a part of an event he was at where children were being educated about the environment. One of the educators happened to be pretty radical....
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. | 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...
