Episode Details

Michael Olson hosts Nicolette Hahn Niman, Author, Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Beef

We have been told that cows cause the climate to change by emitting greenhouse gas.  Now we are told to replace the beef we eat with patented, manufactured meat-like substances.  And so we ask:

Should beef be banned?

Topics include a look at why some believe the cattle industry should be terminated to save the environment; why others believe we must work with cattle to save the environment; and a consideration of the nutritional value of eating beef.