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. | Jul 16, 2023 | Ruminations Blog
I would highly recommend you to go watch the debate yourself, which is an hour and thirty minutes long, on Oxford University’s YouTube channel, linked below. On July 11th, 2023, George Monbiot, author of several books including Regenesis and columnist for The...
by Karin L. | Feb 18, 2021 | Ruminations Blog
Is it possible to debunk something that most people really don’t know much about? Let alone, something that one isn’t all that knowledgeable about, particularly when it comes to the complex ecosystem processes involved? I ask this in light of a few recent...
by Karin L. | Apr 30, 2020 | Ruminations Blog
Funny thing: Have you ever stopped to wonder about whether most people even know what a ruminant is, what it does, or even what it contributes to this planet? I know, it’s an odd question to even ask—let alone cross a person’s mind—but it bears thinking about when...
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...