Defending Grass-Fed Beef: A Rancher Weighs in - Food - The Atlantic

Nicolette Niman (of Niman Ranch fame) defends grass-fed beef. Key passage: "zeroing in on a single environmental consequence is nonsensical. (Since rice farming contributes as much as 29 percent of the world's anthropogenic methane, one may well wonder why she is not urging us to cut back our rice consumption.) As with all foods, the environmental impact of beef varies widely, depending on many factors." Hail, hail! Let's stop using one data point to make sweeping conclusions. Her post is at the Atlantic: Defending Grass-Fed Beef: A Rancher Weighs in - Food - The Atlantic