The challenge of sustainability in our food supply chains requires taking care of people, the planet and animals. Many corporations are working to include sustainability as part of their corporate structures and responsibilities.
Working with Where Food Comes From, the largest provider of certification and verification services to the food industry, Tyson will source cattle from BeefCARE-verified beef producers who are committed to raising cattle using practices that have a positive impact on the land and animals and who also want to promote it.
Source: Feedstuffs, September 10, 2020. Link.
Also see: Would going vegan save the planet? Hoard’s Dairyman, September 14, 2020. Link. The more efficient a farm uses their resources, the lower the carbon footprint. Farmers have achieved this by making four main changes: improving reproduction, veterinary practices, genetics, and diet.
The area where people can make the biggest impact on greenhouse gases is in food waste. Currently 40% of all food produced in the U.S. goes to a landfill, and that percentage is the same as in developed and developing countries — even in Africa.”