Volume 22 • Issue 04 • 2018
and carbon cycling through 100% grass-fed
ruminants, into nutrient-rich, flavoursome, high
welfare, ethical meat and milk.
Become a carbon-friendly omnivore. Vote with
your fork to encourage more farmers to make
the switch: support carbon sequestration by
only eating meat or drinking milk from animals
certified 100% grass-fed. To find such food
go to the website of the Pasture Fed Livestock
Association, which is the only UK organization
to certify meat and dairy as 100% grass-fed. Eat
your beef and drink your milk guilt-free.
See our Courses page to learn more about grazing
cattle for soil health and carbon sequestration as well
as productivity, animal and human health.
Artwork: with thanks to the amazingly talented Emily
Chappell for turning an idea, presented on a flow
chart with some captions, into a the beautiful artwork
which accompanies this blog.
References:
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Humans breathe out 1kg CO2 per day http://
www.sciencefocus.com/qa/how-much-does-
human-breathing-contribute-climate-change
Dr David Johnson - Carbon Underground https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFoVVA2eZxA
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Liquid carbon pathway http://www.
amazingcarbon.com/PDF/JONES-
LiquidCarbonPathway(July08).pdf
Growing a Revolution by David Montgomery
Co-evolution of grasslands and herbivores
https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/documents/
R2ES/LitCited/LPC_2012/Stebbins_1981.pdf
Pre-Industrial revolution ruminant numbers
https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/
rangelands/article/viewFile/11258/10531
Soils absorb methane http://www.abc.net.
au/site-archive/rural/nt/content/200908/
s2649444.htm
Methane sinks http://www.ghgonline.org/
methanesinkatmos.htm
GHG increases since the industrial revolution
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/
GlobalFire/fire_3.php
Natural gas the cause of increased methane
https://www.ecowatch.com/nasa-study-
methane-spike-2526089909.html
Sustainable Food Trust: the True Cost of Food
http://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/hidden-
cost-uk-food/
Methane production from grazing livestock (does
not include the carbon sequestration) https://
www.niwa.co.nz/atmosphere/faq/is-pastoral-
agriculture-carbon-neutral
Mob grazed (AMP grazed) cattle sequester more
carbon than they emit in GHG equivalent per kg
beef https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
article/pii/S0308521X17310338
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