Comments on: Your input is key! http://emu.edu/blog/ccc/2008/04/07/your-input-is-key/ begreen Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:22:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Daniel Seifert (EMS) http://emu.edu/blog/ccc/2008/04/07/your-input-is-key/#comment-17 Daniel Seifert (EMS) Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:46:44 +0000 http://emu.edu/blog/ccc/2008/04/07/your-input-is-key/#comment-17 Question: Has anyone been talking about reducing the amount of meat consumption at EMU; i.e., reducing the red meat foot print. It should be little to no surprise that most of the total agriculture-related greenhouse gases come from methane produced by cows, and other ruminants. Add to this the transporting of grain and animals, clearing land for pasture, and the release of nitrogen from fertilizers which account for some of the remainder of the emissions. My guess is that this and similar question have surfaced already by the student body, yet it is something which I have been recently thinking about and making changes in my personal life. Question: Has anyone been talking about reducing the amount of meat consumption at EMU; i.e., reducing the red meat foot print. It should be little to no surprise that most of the total agriculture-related greenhouse gases come from methane produced by cows, and other ruminants. Add to this the transporting of grain and animals, clearing land for pasture, and the release of nitrogen from fertilizers which account for some of the remainder of the emissions.

My guess is that this and similar question have surfaced already by the student body, yet it is something which I have been recently thinking about and making changes in my personal life.

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