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You Can Take The Square Out of the Plaza, but You Can't Take the Plaza Out of the Square

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You Can Take The Square Out of the Plaza, but You Can't Take the Plaza Out of the Square

(Buttered) Brass Tacks:
Pasture-Raised Ruminants

Several aspects typically missed with the "ruminants belch methane" argument:

* The frequently cited FAO study compares apples and oranges
* Huge differences in impact depend on the way the animals are raised and fed
* and lots of other aspects, to be detailed in later articles

...and what a bathtub has to do with all of this

https://butterbei.de/en/posts/pasture-raised-ruminants/

#agriculture #nutrition #beef #ruminants

Scientists reveal #microbiome–host co-oscillation patterns in #goat from birth to puberty.

#ruminants #bacteria #gut #rumen #mucosa #community #succession (not the tv series)

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-reveal-microbiomehost-oscillation-patterns.html

Scientists reveal #microbiome–host co-oscillation patterns in #goat from birth to puberty.

#ruminants #bacteria #gut #rumen #mucosa #community #succession (not the tv series)

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-scientists-reveal-microbiomehost-oscillation-patterns.html

(8/x) Methane from #cattle warms the atmosphere just as much as #methane from fossil fuel production. #Livestock emit more than wild animals ever have as there are more large #ruminants today, and they emit more methane per animal... https://drawdown.org/insights/greenwashing-and-denial-wont-solve-beefs-enormous-climate-problems #emissions

(8/x) Methane from #cattle warms the atmosphere just as much as #methane from fossil fuel production. #Livestock emit more than wild animals ever have as there are more large #ruminants today, and they emit more methane per animal... https://drawdown.org/insights/greenwashing-and-denial-wont-solve-beefs-enormous-climate-problems #emissions

(10/x) Fact III.8: Only 17% of animal #feed protein is converted into edible protein; even #ruminants consume much more #protein from plant-sources that are grown on arable land (suitable for human food) than they supply = net protein loss: https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/farming/crop-productions-and-plant-based-products/cereals/reducing-plan-protein-deficit-eu_en #foodsecurity

(4/x) #Methane warms the atmosphere 80x more than CO2, and cattle are a significant source of methane that #soils can’t offset. #Grassfed cattle emit more methane than #cattle in feedlots. Today’s #livestock emit more methane than wild #ruminants ever did: https://drawdown.org/insights/regenerative-grazing-is-overhyped-as-a-climate-solution-we-should-do-it-anyway

(2/2) ... Estimating the #meat & milk production from #ruminants limited to #grazing areas & stocking densities where #livestock does not harm #biodiversity, this equals only 2.2 kg of #milk & 0.8 kg of meat per capita per year, globally: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01398-4

Historic #genome #sequencing will unlock potential for #agriculture, #conservation.

#ruminants #T2T

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-historic-genome-sequencing-potential-agriculture.html

Historic #genome #sequencing will unlock potential for #agriculture, #conservation.

#ruminants #T2T

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-historic-genome-sequencing-potential-agriculture.html

''Our study concludes that #European #HPAI #H5N1 isolates can replicate in #bovine WD-AECs, refuting the general assumption that #ruminants are not susceptible to infection with influenza A viruses. Our study underscores the benefit of WD-AEC cultures for the pandemic preparedness toolkit, providing a rapid assessment of the host range of an emerging pathogen.''

''Our study concludes that #European #HPAI #H5N1 isolates can replicate in #bovine WD-AECs, refuting the general assumption that #ruminants are not susceptible to infection with influenza A viruses. Our study underscores the benefit of WD-AEC cultures for the pandemic preparedness toolkit, providing a rapid assessment of the host range of an emerging pathogen.''

Transiting to healthy #diets could much reduce GHG #emissions. Flexitarian diets increase the feasibility of #climate goals & allow achieving the same outcome with less less stringent emission reductions in the #energy system: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj3832 #CO2 #methan #ruminants (1/2)

Oligocene (Pt 7): Not Quite Camels, Not Quite Pigs https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/02/oligocene-pt-7-not-quite-camels-not.html

"While the #ruminants of #Oligocene North America would have looked similar to the #MuskDeer of today, some of the other cloven-hoofed #mammals inhabiting the continent at the time were more distinctive..."

Oligocene (Pt 7): Not Quite Camels, Not Quite Pigs https://synapsida.blogspot.com/2024/02/oligocene-pt-7-not-quite-camels-not.html

"While the #ruminants of #Oligocene North America would have looked similar to the #MuskDeer of today, some of the other cloven-hoofed #mammals inhabiting the continent at the time were more distinctive..."

Current agriculture & production of #protein-rich foods from animals, esp. #ruminants, is not #sustainable & has serious #climate effects. Precision #fermentation of animal #proteins can change #agriculture & reduce #environment impacts of food production: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-food-072023-034256

FAO: World #agriculture emissions grew by 14% since 2000. Over 50% derive from #livestock-related activities. The #emissions from enteric fermentation of #ruminants were alone responsible for 37% of agriculture emissions: https://doi.org/10.4060/cc8166en #meat #beef #dairy #climatechange

(2/2) Relying on #carbon sequestration in #grasslands to offset #globalwarming effects from #ruminants is not feasible: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43452-3 #soil #sequestration #emissions #grassland #livestock #ruminants #cattle #cows #climatechange #beef #meat #dairy

Rearing #ruminants for #meat & #milk releases big quantities of GHG #emissions thru clearing of #forests for #pastures & crops (for feed) and as #methane. Compared to omnivorous #diets (4.16 kg CO2e/day),#vegan diets are linked to lowest impact (1.02 kg): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139490 (2/5)

Rearing #ruminants for #meat & #milk releases big quantities of GHG #emissions thru clearing of #forests for #pastures & crops (for feed) and as #methane. Compared to omnivorous #diets (4.16 kg CO2e/day),#vegan diets are linked to lowest impact (1.02 kg): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139490 (2/5)

New.
Born.

Twins girls were born 14 hours ago. Mama ewe has been very dutiful.
#farming #farmlife #ruminants #sheep #goats #farmbirths

New server, new #introduction: I’m a retired anthropologist & high school teacher recently diagnosed as #actuallyautistic. I live in a solar-powered, strawbale house in eastern Oregon & try to grow as much of my own food as possible. Special interests include:

#yaks and other #ruminants #writing #cooking, #gardening #breadbaking, #fiberarts #macrophotography

In 2014, I published an ethnographic memoir on #Nepal, which was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award in #creativenonfiction

New server, new #introduction: I’m a retired anthropologist & high school teacher recently diagnosed as #actuallyautistic. I live in a solar-powered, strawbale house in eastern Oregon & try to grow as much of my own food as possible. Special interests include:

#yaks and other #ruminants #writing #cooking, #gardening #breadbaking, #fiberarts #macrophotography

In 2014, I published an ethnographic memoir on #Nepal, which was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award in #creativenonfiction

#NewPaper #Mammalogy #InnerEar #Evolution #Ruminants

Mennecart, B., Dziomber, L., Aiglstorfer, M. et al. Ruminant inner ear shape records 35 million years of neutral evolution. Nat Commun 13, 7222 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34656-0