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What’s the Difference Between a Slow Food Presidium Cow and an Industrially-raised Cow?

25 June 2017 Buket Soyyilmaz

Did you know that, compared to thirty years ago, the energy needs of the Holstein-Friesian dairy cow have increased by 25%? Another fun fact: the Holstein-Friesian cow, the most widely-used dairy cow in the world, has lost performance due to stress, udder diseases and motion sickness.

The Dairy Industry and Climate Change

20 June 2017 Buket Soyyilmaz

In 2010, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nation (FAO) published “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Dairy Sector”, the first product of a much wider study that aims to analyze the livestock sector’s contribution to climate change. It is now known that 18% of total greenhouse gas emissions come from the livestock industry – the largest share among all human activities that encourage climate change.