ARTICLE
KICKING THE HABIT: LIVESTOCK FARMS
- 16
- SEP
- 2021
Despite a surge in interest in plant-based foods, and the widely acknowledged fact that richer countries consume too much red meat, global consumption of animal products is predicted to rise over the coming decades, driven by an increasing demand from the developing world. In addition to the widely acknowledged challenge of curbing the greenhouse gases produced by livestock, farmers using manure and other organic fertilisers on their pastures need to control the ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions associated with their storage and use, and to minimise the risk of polluting water courses. Further issues arise from the drugs routinely given to livestock to prevent them falling to terrible worm and bacterial infections.