Earth Week: Agriculture & Livestock
New York Times climate desk reporter Kendra Pierre-Louis discusses the relationship between climate change and the agriculture industry. Then, Alejandra Borunda, former climate scientist, now science writer, talks about her "climate diet" experiment, which she wrote about for Bon Appetit's Healthyish website.
"The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions... is cows. It’s two thirds of our greenhouse gas emissions," says @KendraWrites.
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"As another kid from Queens, the way I like to think about agriculture is basically it’s a human system embedded in an ecological system. We often forget that the way we grow and raise food is completely dependent on our ecosystem," says @KendraWrites.
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"Some forms of grazing cattle can actually sequester carbon in soil, so it’s not a question of do you eat beef or don't you eat beef, but... what are the constraints in which we can raise beef sustainably?" asks @KendraWrites. 2/2 https://t.co/FyFReEL69J
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On right-wing critique that the Green New Deal/Democratic Socialists will get rid of hamburgers:
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"Stalin actually loved American hamburgers... he ended up making a knockoff. If anything Stalin really wanted to give people hamburgers, not take them away," says @KendraWrites.
Joining @KendraWrites, reporter on @nytimes climate desk (pictured here in studio), is @alealebee to talk about her #ClimateDiet. pic.twitter.com/8Q7b4MNskY
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“So much grain! I ended up eating a lot of whole grains than I would have, and a lot less dairy than I would have," says @alealebee, on her test-run of the #ClimateDiet.
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"When we focus too much on what we buy at the store, we disrupt markets in developing worlds, like quinoa. We also disrupt food supplies in the U.S — you may feel better because you’re buying kale, but what was once a lower income food becomes more expensive," @KendraWrites.
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