Livestock farmers in Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK are trying a new method to produce milk and meat: feeding their cows mainly or only grass.
Cattle diets usually include a variety of grains, which make the animals grow faster and—by extension—their meat and milk cheaper. But the practice has hefty environmental and social costs.The grains are often imported from far-away countries like Brazil, meaning long transport routes and higher maritime emissions.
Like the UK producers, participating German, Italian and Swedish livestock farmers are feeding some of their cows grass-based diets, albeit with some concentrates. The partners include dairy company Arla Foods in Denmark, Danone Nutricia Research in France, Ghent University in Belgium and the Switzerland-based Research Institute for Organic Farming.The notion of sustainability in livestock farming also covers emissions of methane, the No. 2 greenhouse gas after COPATHWAYS is also working with Swedish dairy farmers who are measuring their operations' carbon footprint and seeking to reduce it.
In the case of Code Re-farm, ensuring food quality and safety is as much a goal as cutting emissions.
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