Prioritizing efficiency in the U.S. chicken industry has made chicken cheap. And that’s led, in part, to Americans eating way more chicken and significantly less beef than they did a half-century ago. From a climate change perspective, it’s a major win. From an animal welfare perspective… not so much.
In this episode, Mike and Tamar look at animal welfare in the beef, pork and chicken industries through a climate lens. They ask whether raising animals more humanely means accepting higher greenhouse gas emissions, or whether there’s a middle ground. And Mike responds to a reader’s critique of his recent Canary Media article “What’s the most climate-friendly way to eat? It’s tricky.” Plus, are organically raised animals treated better than industrially raised?
And Mike asks the question: What do we owe the animals we eat?
Have a question about food and climate change for Mike and Tamar? Leave a message on the Climavores hotline at (508) 377-3449. Or email us at
climavores@postscriptaudio.com. We might feature your question on a future episode.
Climavores is a production of Post Script Media.
Resources:
College of Agriculture and Environmental Science: Examining the effects of hen housing
Science Direct: Evaluating environmental impacts of contrasting pig farming systems with life cycle assessment
NYTimes: Hens, Unbound
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megaphone.fm/adchoicesPrioritizing efficiency in the U.S. chicken industry has made chicken cheap. And that’s led, in part, to Americans eating way more chicken and significantly less beef than they did a half-century ago. From a climate change perspective, it’s a major win. From an animal welfare perspective… not so much.
In this episode, Mike and Tamar look at animal welfare in the beef, pork and chicken industries through a climate lens. They ask whether raising animals more humanely means accepting higher greenhouse gas emissions, or whether there’s a middle ground. And Mike responds to a reader’s critique of his recent Canary Media article “What’s the most climate-friendly way to eat? It’s tricky.” Plus, are organically raised animals treated better than industrially raised?
And Mike asks the question: What do we owe the animals we eat?
Have a question about food and climate change for Mike and Tamar? Leave a message on the Climavores hotline at (508) 377-3449. Or email us at
climavores@postscriptaudio.com. We might feature your question on a future episode.
Climavores is a production of Post Script Media.
Resources:
College of Agriculture and Environmental Science: Examining the effects of hen housing
Science Direct: Evaluating environmental impacts of contrasting pig farming systems with life cycle assessment
NYTimes: Hens, Unbound
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoicesPrioritizing efficiency in the U.S. chicken industry has made chicken cheap. And that’s led, in part, to Americans eating way more chicken and significantly less beef than they did a half-century ago. From a climate change perspective, it’s a major win. From an animal welfare perspective… not so much.
In this episode, Mike and Tamar look at animal welfare in the beef, pork and chicken industries through a climate lens. They ask whether raising animals more humanely means accepting higher greenhouse gas emissions, or whether there’s a middle ground. And Mike responds to a reader’s critique of his recent Canary Media article “What’s the most climate-friendly way to eat? It’s tricky.” Plus, are organically raised animals treated better than industrially raised?
And Mike asks the question: What do we owe the animals we eat?
Have a question about food and climate change for Mike and Tamar? Leave a message on the Climavores hotline at (508) 377-3449. Or email us at climavores@postscriptaudio.com. We might feature your question on a future episode.
Climavores is a production of Post Script Media.
Resources:
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
