Featured Story #1
Saturday essay: Where’s the beef?
I’m a meat-and-potatoes guy. Always have been. And admittedly, post-50, I probably consume more red meat than I should for my well-being.
But what’s suggested by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, an Indian economist, is all bun and no burger.
The chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is advising people to set aside a meat-free [...]
Featured Story #2
Memo To The Vegan Fringe: 100-Person Studies Are A Two-Edged Sword
Pity Poor Neal Barnard of the deceptive Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The Psychiatrist-turned-tofu-evangelist seldom stops touring the country, insisting to anyone who will listen that a meat-free, egg-free, dairy-free diet is the cure for whatever ails you. We’d call it a snake-oil act, but that wouldn’t be vegan. This week Barnard is in [...]
Featured Story #3
Why Should Vegetarians Define ‘Sustainable’?
Rajendra Pachauri, the chief UN expert on climate change, has declared that everyone should eat less meat to help combat climate change. Reactions so far have been mixed, ranging from a call for revolt via “a series of vast Homeric barbeques” (to be dubbed “Pachauri days”) to “What ever happened to fish stick Fridays?” But [...]
Featured Story #4
Cattle go green on grain
FeedIndustryNetwork.com posted an article that explains why conventionally raised beef is better for the environment than grass-fed beef.
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Featured Story #5
Center for Consumer Freedom issues press release criticizing the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
The Center for Consumer Freedom has issued a press release criticizing the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and the anti-meat ad it is sponsoring through “The Cancer Project.” The release noted that “less than four percent” of PCRM members “are actual physicians” and concluded, “It is clear that this phony physicians committee should leave [...]
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Welcome to BeefMyths.org
The beef cattle industry, particularly regarding food safety and beef issues, has been portrayed negatively and inaccurately in recent years. From fabricated beef myths like “beef consumption causes rainforest deforestation” to links to all kinds of negative health, beef safety and beef nutrition issues, these ideas have taken hold with American consumers. With [...]
