EAT WILD: SUSTAINABLE MEAT AND DAIRY DIRECTORY

I've talked a bunch of times here about meat's effect on the environment. The good news for meat eaters is that yes, cutting back is the best thing to do. But you don't have to cut it out altogether. It turns out that pasture-raised, grass-fed beef is not only healthier for you (and for them as corn works a number on their digestive systems) and even tastier, it's better for our world in terms of greenhouse gases and water quality and pretty much everything else.

Methane is one big beef with beef and grass-fred cows have been accused of creating even more gas. But not so, says Mother Earth News [via Crunchy Chicken]. 

And consider this:

So by going back to a natural way of raising cattle (as opposed to intense, grain-based factory farms), we can decrease global warming pollution and get healthier protein. Even the soil benefits from the deep root systems of native, nutritional grasses.

I'm not a beef eater, but this database led me to the bison in my area I've heard so much about and I'm thinking I must go to its farmer's market stall someday soon to have a taste of that all-American animal raised on good old-fashioned grass.