Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
We are not saying grass based beef is sustainable, or unsustainable, we are just asking “suppose it is sustainable, how much can the U.S. have?”
Can US beef be sustainable? Depends on your metric of "sustainability". We offer one preliminary, tentative metric of "sustainability", and show that with beef conforming to this metric, we can meet just shy of half of today's demand.