Grass-fed beef: better all around

I wrote a recent post about the fact that it takes several times more grain to produce a pound of beef than a pound of pork or poultry.

If you are still set on that steak or burger, there's another way to reduce the environmental impact. According to this article, raising grain-fed cattle requires only half the fossil fuels of the corn-fed variety. Why? Grass only needs sunlight; corn requires mechanical cultivation and artificial fertilizers (which just happen to be made from natural gas and petrochemicals).

I'm betting the water usage is considerably lower as well.

And to make it a win-win, grass-fed beef has less fat, and the fat it does have is of a healthier profile (e.g. more omega-3's and a better omega-6 to omega-3 ratio).