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VERY FEW people get the details around cattle + climate change correct. This blog from @GlobalEcoGuy is maybe the only public-facing article I have ever seen to both succinctly detail the (whole) argument without falling into messaging traps. https://globalecoguy.org/beef-rules-d5bbf65a24e3
To add more nuance to the consumption/production debate: studies on how much beef consumption could be supported from grass-fed beef *only* have not examined productivity gains from improved grazing. So we could support ~35-60% of current consumption with BAU grass-fed beef....
But we're not sure if/by how much this might 
w/ improved grazing. See AMP vs Continuous
productivity in: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X17310338
We currently don't have enough regionally specific data to even estimate national production possibilities from beef w/ improved grazing
w/ improved grazing. See AMP vs Continuous productivity in: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308521X17310338We currently don't have enough regionally specific data to even estimate national production possibilities from beef w/ improved grazing
To answer @GlobalEcoGuy's questions on regenerative grazing:
1. On soil C saturation-this is a common misconception! Not all soil C saturates (POM vs MAOM) + saturation is a theoretical maximum, rarely reality. & most ag soils are in a large soil C debt https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.514701/full
1. On soil C saturation-this is a common misconception! Not all soil C saturates (POM vs MAOM) + saturation is a theoretical maximum, rarely reality. & most ag soils are in a large soil C debt https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.514701/full
2. How widely can this practice be implemented?
We're working on understanding this now! I have data from regenerative grazing outcomes in CA (Mediterranean climate) coming out next year, and other projects are working on this in the Plains rangelands. Stay tuned!
We're working on understanding this now! I have data from regenerative grazing outcomes in CA (Mediterranean climate) coming out next year, and other projects are working on this in the Plains rangelands. Stay tuned!
In addition to the ecological questions, social drivers + constraints on adoption are also interesting. Published a paper on this last year, which you might find useful:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0027
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsfs.2020.0027
