GOSHT Corp.’s contribution to the development of non-genetically modified lab-grown bovine meat could contribute to the recuperation of the environment to the pre-global warming situation. The Gosht projects will contribute substantially to the reduction of the Greenhouse Effect Gases which are dissipated from the animals that are the main source of meat around the world.
The following points may help understand the gravity of the traditional meat production impact on our environment.
Fast Facts Regarding Beef Production and Climate Change
- The Canadian beef industry’s total GHG production is 23.38 MT, accounting for 2.4% of Canada’s total. Canada’s total agriculture GHG production is 60 MT, accounting for 8% of Canada’s total GHG footprint.
- Canadian beef has one of the lowest GHG footprints per unit of production in the world at 11.4 kg CO2 equivalent per kilogram of live weight, less than half of the world average.
- The greenhouse gas footprint of the beef industry is due mainly to the production of methane (over 70%), methane is a comparatively short-lived GHG and a natural by-product of feed digestion in the intestinal tract of ruminants such as cattle and bison.
- If valued at $15 CAD per ton, carbon stored in prairie grasslands alone would be valued at $4.3 billion CAD and over $11 billion CAD has been lost in the Parkland region due to grassland conversion to cropland, industrial and urban development.
- It is estimated that GHG emissions could be cut by up to 20% through uptake of mitigation strategies and another 5% could be cut from reducing food waste by half.
- Between 1981 and 2011, the Canadian beef industry reduced its GHG footprint by 14% through advancements in technology and management that enabled industry to produce the same amount of beef in 2011 compared to 1981, all with 29% less breeding stock, 27% fewer slaughter cattle, and 24% less land.
- Canadian beef industry produces ~2% of the world’s beef and contributes an estimated $33 billion CDN to the Canadian economy.
- Beef production in Canada utilizes 21 million hectares of agriculture land of which 93% is pasture and forage land.
- Canadian grasslands, preserved through the efforts of ranchers, can store up to 200 tons of carbon per hectare. The cultivation of grasslands can lead to 30 – 35% loss of soil organic carbon.
- Only 9% of all annual cropland in Canada is used to grow feed crops for cattle (barley, oats, corn, wheat).
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