Cows, and Farmers, are Part of the Solution to Climate Change
Cows are often assigned disproportionate climate change blame, but recent weeks in Washington bring hope that political leaders may begin to embrace livestock’s potential game-changing solutions to climate challenges.
When President Biden issued his Jan. 27 executive order on tackling the climate crisis, he said his administration sees farmers “making American agriculture first in the world to achieve net-zero emissions and gaining new sources of income in the process.”
During his first hearing as House Agriculture Committee chairman, Rep. David Scott noted that many farmers are “already adopting production practices that not only improve productivity but store carbon and reduce emissions in the atmosphere … and there is tremendous opportunity to do more.”