THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat
First paragraph: Growing concerns about global climate change have rekindled an age-old controversy about eating meat (Carrington, 2018). Animal agriculture is frequently indicted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. However, animal agriculture is not without defenders, including...
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Growing concerns about global climate change have rekindled an age-old controversy about eating meat (Carrington, 2018). Animal agriculture is frequently indicted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. However, animal agriculture is not without defenders, including those who claim that holistically managed livestock grazing systems could actually “reverse climate change” (Savory, 2013). Various studies suggest that the environmental impacts of food animal production differ significantly among management systems—particularly confinement versus pasture-based systems (Koneswaran & Nierenberg, 2008). Due to its complexity, this controversy will not likely be resolved by science. Instead, the wisdom of Indigenous peoples may prove more useful in deciding whether to eat or not eat meat. . . . |
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spelling | doaj.art-8fbdeab02672490185753b4a6225fa672023-09-02T16:08:31ZengLyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food SystemsJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development2152-08012019-12-019B10.5304/jafscd.2019.09B.019THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat MeatJohn Ikerd0University of Missouri, ColumbiaFirst paragraph: Growing concerns about global climate change have rekindled an age-old controversy about eating meat (Carrington, 2018). Animal agriculture is frequently indicted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. However, animal agriculture is not without defenders, including those who claim that holistically managed livestock grazing systems could actually “reverse climate change” (Savory, 2013). Various studies suggest that the environmental impacts of food animal production differ significantly among management systems—particularly confinement versus pasture-based systems (Koneswaran & Nierenberg, 2008). Due to its complexity, this controversy will not likely be resolved by science. Instead, the wisdom of Indigenous peoples may prove more useful in deciding whether to eat or not eat meat. . . .https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/761Indigenous Food SystemsClimate ChangeGreenhouse Gas EmissionsMeat-Based DietLivestockAnimal Agriculture |
spellingShingle | John Ikerd THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development Indigenous Food Systems Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions Meat-Based Diet Livestock Animal Agriculture |
title | THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat |
title_full | THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat |
title_fullStr | THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat |
title_full_unstemmed | THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat |
title_short | THE ECONOMIC PAMPHLETEER: Indigenous Wisdom and the Sovereignty to Eat Meat |
title_sort | economic pamphleteer indigenous wisdom and the sovereignty to eat meat |
topic | Indigenous Food Systems Climate Change Greenhouse Gas Emissions Meat-Based Diet Livestock Animal Agriculture |
url | https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/761 |
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