How sustainable is our plan?

The answer is simple: Even if we continue to eat meat, we will still be able to feed the entire population. The problem is not the act of eating meat, but the type of meat that we consume.

How to Begin:

Rotational Systems- animals are moved through a series of pastures, in order to match the forage availability to the animals' production needs

• Allows the land to rest and regrow
• Manure is distributed more evenly because of the continued movement
• Animals are forced to waste less, thus carrying capacity increases

Permanent Pasture- natural or seeded grassland that remains unplowed for many years

• Increase soil structure
• Control erosion
• Increase water-holding capacity, which produces higher quality meat and dairy products

Conservation Grazing- the use of domesticated grazing livestock to maintain/increase biodiversity of habitats

• Low input costs
• Low labor requirements
• Livestock choose what they would like to consume, plant-wise

Just by changing the ways in which our meat is produced our environment will be healthier, and thus more sustainable for a longer amount of time. This changes not only benefit our animals, but they better the environment around them.

Instead of completely eradicating meat from our diets to aid the planet, we should be coming up with ways to fix the problems that we have created for ourselves.