Cows and Carbon: How a Pinch of Seaweed a Day could Keep the Methane Away
Cows enjoying seaweed feed at Straus Dairy Farms Cows produce a ton of methane, a fact that weighs heavy on the dairy industry’s tortured brow. The greenhouse gas is the second largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide, and cows can’t help but release a huge percentage of the global output. Farmers have gotten […]
Cheesemakers Saving the Planet, One Cow Pie at a Time
Enterprising cheesemakers across the globe are using something called a methane digester to convert greenhouse gas emitted by cows into energy before they even reach the atmosphere.