At its core regenerative ranching doesn't add up, but people believe what they want to believe so this concept, as well as the miracle of grass fed beef, have been accepted with open arms and blind eyes. Should you ever choose to open your eyes below is a list of documents and evidence countering the tale spun by animal agriculture.
Links to articles and downloadable documents
Debunking Grass Fed Beef article by Food Revolution
George Wuerthner’s quick take
| george’s_wuerthners_quick_take_on_regenerative_ranching.pdf |
Video Analysis of How Misleading Regenerative Ranching Data is Presented
Grass Fed - The Fantasty You Want to Believe - Shame of Point Reyes
Mic the Vegan breaks down Regenerative Ranching
The Plant Based Data article on regenerative ranching
Debunking ‘Kiss the Earth’
Rangeland data countering Alan Savory’s BS
Grasslands as carbon storage and their decline due to livestock production (sent from George Wuerthner)
Scientists explain true regeneration (Julie Phillips and Laura Cunningham)
Another from George Wuerthner
One example of rancher subsidies received due to drought even though they cause drought
Manure Happens: The Environmental Toll of Livestock Antibiotics
The effects of glyphosate and triclopyr on common bryophytes and lichens in northwestern Ontario
Skyler Thomas's 5 part series debunking regenerative ranching
Skyler Thomas's analysis of the effects of urban grazing
Only 2% of economy in Marin County is provided by agriculture despite it using up the land
| marin_county_economiic_summary__1_.pdf |
Livestock Grazing and Weed Invasions in the Arid West
| belskygelbard_2000_grazing_weed_invasions__1___1_.pdf |
Conditions favouring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems
| reisner_2013_cattle_promote_cheatgrass__1_.pdf |
Differing Effects of Cattle Grazing on Native and Alien Plants
| kimball_s._2003_-_effects_of_grazing_on_native___alien_plants__1_.pdf |
