http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/06/24/grass-fed-cows-reduce-global-warming/ Adventures in Living Lightly Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:11:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/06/24/grass-fed-cows-reduce-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Kim Summerville Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:08:30 +0000 http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/?p=752#comment-940 I am interested in learning about the time it takes for the rumen of cows to change when they go from a winter diet of grains and hay to grass grazing. I make butter and have had some dramatic differences in outcome and am wondering if it takes some time for the rumen of cow's to adapt to fast grow grass in transition from a mainly dry diet. Thanks for any insights. Kim I am interested in learning about the time it takes for the rumen of cows to change when they go from a winter diet of grains and hay to grass grazing. I make butter and have had some dramatic differences in outcome and am wondering if it takes some time for the rumen of cow’s to adapt to fast grow grass in transition from a mainly dry diet. Thanks for any insights. Kim

]]> http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/2009/06/24/grass-fed-cows-reduce-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-67 How Eating a Steak Can Restore the Environment Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:55:38 +0000 http://www.smallfootprintfamily.com/?p=752#comment-67 [...] produced from cows living in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where grain-fed cows become sick from eating a diet unnatural to them, and emit large amounts of toxic methane into the air—further contributing to global warming. The [...] [...] produced from cows living in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where grain-fed cows become sick from eating a diet unnatural to them, and emit large amounts of toxic methane into the air—further contributing to global warming. The [...]

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