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,...
by Karin L. | Feb 12, 2019 | Ruminations Blog
Don’t get me wrong, I like bison near as much as the next person does. They’re admirable creatures, symbolic of the Old West, and rulers of the North American grasslands. They’re such large and placid-seeming creatures, yet they’re remarkably...
