Natural Grass for Dairy Cows

Livestock is called one of the most serious near-term threats when it comes to climate change, says the United Nations. Now that this threat is being recognized, some farms in New England are attempting to reduce cow emissions by switching up cow feed from corn and soy to alfalfa and flaxseed. The latter replicates spring grasses that cows have evolved to digest and therefore reduces the methane that cows emit. With the United Nations estimating that factory farming is more dangerous to the atmosphere than all modes of transportation combined, perhaps those who aren’t currently veg should consider a diet switch as well.