OUR RESEARCH:

G. Eshel, A. Shepon, T. Makov, and R. Milo. (2015). Partitioning United States' feed consumption among livestock categories for improved environmental cost assessments. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 153 (03): 432-445. Doi: 10.1017/S0021859614000690

G. Eshel, A. Shepon, T. Makov, and R. Milo. (2015). Land, irrigation water, greenhouse gas, and reactive nitrogen burdens of meat, eggs, and dairy production in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 11 (33): 11996-12001. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1402183111

G. Eshel, A. Shepon, T. Shaket, B. Cotler, S. Gilutz, D. Giddings, M. Raymo, and R. Milo (2017), A model for “sustainable ” US beef production, Nature Ecology and Evolution, doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0390-5

L. Firbank (2017). The beef with sustainability.  News and Views, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0422-1

G. Eshel (2017).  We are not saying grass based beef is sustainable, or unsustainable, we are just asking “suppose it is sustainable, how much can the U.S. have?“, Nature Ecology and Evolution

S. Foster, D. Giddings, S. Gilutz, J. Hanson, and L. Wolahan, Hold the Beef: Why America must reduce its beef consumption, 2016

OTHER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LINKING LIVESTOCK TO ENVIRONMENTAL HARM:

World Resource Institute, Shifting Diets for a Sustainable Food Future

Chatham House, Changing Climates, Changing Diets

Food and Agriculture Organization, Tackling Climate Change Through Livestock

Wild Aid, 5 To Do Today: Eating for Tomorrow: How China's Food Choices Can Help Mitigate Climate Change

RECENT ARTICLES IN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BEEF AND CLIMATE:

Studies Show Link Between Red Meat and Climate Change (Climate Central)

For Earth Day, Report Has News To Ease A Meat-Lover’s Conscience (NPR)

Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron urge people to eat less meat (The Guardian)

We Need to Eat Less Meat. Should the Government Step In? (Washington Post, In Theory)

Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts (World Resource Institute)

Animal Agriculture’s Impact on Climate Change (Climate Nexus)

Can eating less meat help reduce climate change? (BBC)

Eating Beef Is Harmful For The Environment, Tells United Nations Environment Program (International Business Times) 

Raising Beef Uses Ten Times More Resources Than Poultry, Dairy, Eggs or Pork  (Smithsonian)

Meat-eaters may speed worldwide species extinction, study warns (Science Magazine)