Tag Archives: Cattle emissions

Farming, Food

Farming for the climate future

Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Tamara McPhail’s morning chore never changes, but the infinite variety of sounds and seasons makes milking cows every day unique. 

On this spring morning, Zinnia and her new calf Equinox are restless and nagging — bellowing, bleating and raring to get outside into the fields. 

Other mornings, they greet McPhail with gentle grunts and low moos as she enters the barn as if relishing the connection they’ll have with her. 

“I’m really attached to the livestock system,” says McPhail, who along with her partner Adam Schick, has been part of a team stewarding the land at Linnaea Farm on Cortes Island, B.C., closing on 25 years. 

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Environment, Rivers & Oceans

BC seaweed: the cure for belchy cows and climate change?

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National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Canadian scientists are investigating whether regional seaweeds might be the new superfood for cows, and battle climate change in the process.

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Farming, Finances, Food

Think meat is expensive? What about the environmental impact?

By Cloe Logan, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Meat is expensive — but we’re still paying far less for it than the cost of its environmental impact, according to a study released this week. 

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