Tackling the Factory Farming Problem - Take Heart - Christian Vegetarian Association

Tackling the Factory Farming Problem

Patrick O. Brown, a Stanford University biochemist, says animal farming is an ecological disaster given that it contributes to 9% of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions, 37% of human-caused methane (most of it emanating from the animals' digestive systems) and 65% of human-caused nitrous oxide, according to the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Brown is planning to take 18 months off to work out economic models with colleagues; illustrating ways that animal farming is likely to become onerously expensive. Then, he'll work with famous chefs and food researchers on tastier vegetarian dishes. He says, "If you're a big food producer now, this is absolutely inevitable," ... "You'd better start thinking ahead. You'd better seriously start investing and trying to find alternatives in order to stay alive."

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It’s fantastic that a recognized scientist openly exposes the destruction factory farming is causing in God’s Creation. However, he doesn’t stop there. Brown is putting his time and resources into helping put an end to factory farming. This is good news for God’s Creation!.