ARTICLE TITLE: The Greenhouse Hamburger AUTHOR/SOURCE: Nathan Fiala

MAIN POINTS: Producing beef for table has a surprising environmental cost: it releases prodigious amounts of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. The FAO report found that current production levels of meat contribute between 14 and 22 percent of the 36 billion tons. Producing half a pound of hamburger for someone lunch a patty of meat the size of two deck of cards releases as much as greenhouse hamburgers We are eating greenhouse hamburgers. A pound of chicken generates 1.1 pounds of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gases. Individuals, too, can reduce effects of food production on planetary climate. Cows Emit between 2.5 and 4.7 ounces of methane for each pound of beef they produce. We should do something to reduce "carbon footprint".*every greenhouse gas is usually expressed as an amount of CO2. Meat in our diets produces a lot of CO2. Sam Soret of Loma Linda University estimated that producing a pound of beef protein for table requires more than 10 pounds of plant protein. Cows are a big contributor to CO2 in the atmosphere. Improving waste management and farming practices would reduce the carbon footprint of beef production. Methane-capturing systems may put cows waste to use in generating electricity. Eating locally produced foods can make a difference by reducing the need of transportation.

AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: The authors purpose throughout this article is to inform us readers how the production of beef has an environmental cost. Certain Greenhouse gases are being exposed to this food production. The author of this article also gives tips on how to solve this problem. We can reduce the Carbon Footprint of food production by improving waste management and farming practices. Cows are now a big contributor to CO2 in our atmosphere. MY THOUGHTS: I am surprised about how Cows are now contributing to the Carbon problem. I had no idea that greenhouse gases are now coming in contact with some of the food we eat. Im glad that the author wrote down a couple solutions to this problem because not a lot do. We need to reduce the amount of meat we are consuming.

So what? We can increase the Carbon footprint by consuming less meat. What if? What if we started using the Methane capturing systems?

Says who? Nathan Fiala What does this remind you of? This reminds me of the movie we watched in class Food Inc. Because it talked about or food and I learned things I never learned before.