http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/5339/

“The Only Way To Have A Cow”

     The article I read came from Orion Magazine. This article starts out with the author telling us how he does not and has not eaten meat in a fairly long time. He then goes on talking about how “vegetarians and vegans have upped their attack on the consumption of animal flesh” and also that consumption of meat has helped cause climate change. I do not believe that the consumption of meat has helped cause global climate change, mainly because I am in an atmospheric science class this semester and we have learned that all the little things people believe are causing climate change are not. It also states that “going vegan is 50 percent more effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions than switching to a hybrid car.” The article goes on to tell us how cattle, today, are a big cause of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. It also mentions how today’s cattle give off more greenhouse gases than bison from earlier decades because they are stationary or stay in pretty much the same area all day everyday until slaughtered, whereas bison moved around to keep away from predators. I, personally, do not agree with this article at all, but I was born and raised on a farm that taught me completely different views than what this author believes.