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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by shanev on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @11:34PM (#14907723)
Cows don't need grain. Grain feeding is part of industrial meat production that is highly detrimental to the environment. Feeding cows grass (and rotating them) though has the total opposite effect. It creates soil that can hold more water and sequester carbon. So it eliminates the need for grain production because cows simply eat grass while naturally fertilizing it.

Huge fan of a carbon tax.

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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by cropsieboss on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @07:28AM (#14909651)
No way anyone can feed cows on grass alone if you want to earn big bucks or feed 200M their daily beef steak.
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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by shanev on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:13AM (#14909856)
Do you have data comparing profits from CAFOs vs grass-fed operations? Wouldn't grass fed sellers earn more as it's a premium product?

How did the North American plains support millions of bison just on grass at one point?

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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by notfromhere on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @09:51AM (#14910525)
Bison are easier on the grass than cows.
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Re:Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers by Johnny_Brahms on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @12:47PM (#14912190)
One problem is of course that few places are good enough carbon sinks to make grass fed beef even close to co2 neutral.

A better idea would be less regular manure and more humanure.

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