What's the beef with beef?

07/24/20 • 35 min

Do you think a vegan diet will save the world? This episode might make you think again.

We meet Sligo farmer and artist Clive Bright, whose 120 acre organic farm raises 100% grass-fed beef for Clive’s direct-to-customer company The Rare Ruminare. Clive has transformed his farm from standard dairy, complete with spraying and fertilisers, to the mob-grazing system he uses today, where trees play a vital role in improving his pastures. He’s been certified organic for six years.

Clive believes a truly sustainable food system necessarily includes livestock. In revolutionising his approach to farming, he says he's managed to insulate his livelihood against the commodity market and a food system he sees as broken.

Do you think a vegan diet will save the world? This episode might make you think again.

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