Category Archives: Sound Bites

Biodiversity issues — driven by livestock (Sound Bites)

Posted on 07/30/2011 by J. Morris Hicks

The sixth edition of our Sound Bite Series. Once again, livestock appears to be causing the most damage; from the U.N. Report: The livestock sector may well be the leading player in the reduction of biodiversity. The UN report, Livestock’s Long … Continue reading →

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Climate change – largely driven by livestock (Sound Bites)

Posted on 07/29/2011 by J. Morris Hicks

The fifth edition of our Sound Bite Series… Do you remember Al Gore’s movie for which he won the Nobel Prize? It was An Inconvenient Truth and it came out in 2006. The movie was all about global warming and … Continue reading →

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Water shortage and pollution caused by livestock (Sound Bites)

Posted on 07/28/2011 by J. Morris Hicks

The fourth edition of our Sound Bite Series… The UN report, Livestock’s Long Shadow, came out in late 2006 and reported how the livestock industry is seriously damaging our environment in four separate categories: Land and Trees, Water, Climate Change and … Continue reading →

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