They are part of the push to blame livestock farming for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and for policies that will close it down or severely reduce it and replace the products with fake meat, eggs, and milk made from ultra-processed food from industrial agriculture. The fact is that they see nature-based systems such as regenerative grazing as a threat to this policy and thus the repeated attacks.
Industrial agriculture is an existential threat to all life on this planet. These systems are responsible for 80% of the forest destruction, up to 50% of greenhouse gases, the loss of soil organic matter, the pollution of our waterways and soils with fertilizers and toxic pesticides, the dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Baltic and other seas, the loss of biodiversity through large scale monocultures, the crash of insects, amphibian, birds and other species due to the widespread contamination of pesticides, endocrine disruptors and forever chemicals, the continuous loss of millions of farmers, and the chronic disease epidemic from toxic pesticide-laden ultra-processed food that is empty of nutrients. These degenerative toxic systems are pushed as necessary to feed the world. The fact is that there are more food-insecure people now than at any time in history. Industrial agriculture is an abject failure.”
Regenerative Grazing
By Dr. André Leu,
Regeneration International Director: