National Cattlemen’s Beef Association defends industry against new study
23/07/2014
The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in July, claims to show that, compared to poultry or pork, beef produces more heat-trapping gases, emits more nitrogen, consumes more water and uses more land.
However, Dr Kim Stackhouse-Lawson, sustainability director at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has reacted by saying the study over-simplifies the complex systems that make up the beef value chain.
She said a year ago that between 2005 and 2011, the beef industry reduced environmental impacts by 7%, reduced emissions to soil by 7%, greenhouse gas emissions by 2%, emissions to water by 10%, occupational accidents and illnesses by 32%, resource consumption by 2%, water use by 3%, land use by 4% and energy use by 2%.
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