The article completely ignores the nutritional advantages of grass fed beef vs CAFO beef.

From an emmissions or climate perspective, there is no good beef. Try to reduce your overall consumption as much as possible.

I've stopped eating red meat entirely and only have white meat on rare occasions (working on cutting that out entirely). The thing about grass fed beef instead of feed lot beef hasn't anything to do with the environment, and it never has. It has to do with the quality of life of the animals and how much they enjoy the days of their life as they navigate the world. I hadn't really realized until this moment that anyone thought this was about the environment, though I reckon I shouldn't be surprised. People tend to think any certification or more expensive process is better for the environment regardless of why the farmer is doing it.

So... I guess what I'm getting at is if you currently eat red meat, please cut back. Ideally cut it out entirely. That's personally what I think is best. But if you keep eating red meat, please select lower cruelty options like grass fed beef because you are not the center of the universe and the animal lives that we take from granted matter, too.

No shit. The beef is the problem, not what we feed it.

It is far more efficient and ecologically sustainable to get the calories out of the plants directly than to pass it through a cow first.

The fun question is - What does America do with the nearly 30 MILLION beef cows if we stop slaughtering them?

Who thought that grassfed is better for the climate?