Beef is a Pig
Cows hog resources, pollute the air, water, soil and spread diseases as well as being tied to human illnesses. They are huge source of CO2 and methane. But, cows are about to get run over.
Biotechnology is revolutionizing various industries, including agriculture. Dairy farms are likely to be the first casualties of this technological shift. Already in 2024, Israeli companys claim to have reached price parity with cultivated beef. Cultivated beef should be cheaply available everywhere by 2030. Biotechnological innovation extends beyond meat production, encompassing crops like marijuana, lobster, stevia, coffee, antibiotics, and fertilizers, etc. Additionally, the market for factory farm meats will also be competing with completely new kinds of foods, such as AirProtein, and Solien
FREE LAND! This biotechnological revolution will liberate millions of acres of land as traditional dairies and cattle facilities face economic crunchs, leading to disruptions for farmers, processors, storage and transport systems.
COWMERICA
The pink area on the map, about 33% of the United States land is committed to cows and farms growing feed. Some of it is of course, sheep and chicken feed.
Half of this land could be freed up from the tyranny of cows.
Idea: Proactively Rewild the Farms
Solution: create an organization to buy these dead farms and convert them into carbon sinks that also support ecosystem services that clean our water and btw, native grasses sequester more carbon dioxide than forests.
Connect all of the farms into an eco-services mesh. Carefully select which farms will have the best impact on cleaning up pollution, protecting us from floods and sequestering carbon: and importantly, connect them together, so that species can move and become more resilient.
National Parts are Disconnected
National parks are islands of trapped animals and ecosystems. A thoughtful program of buying up this excess farmland multiple problems.
- Carbon sequestering
- Resilience
- Eco Services
- Connecting and saving wildlife
Islands of people in a sea of wildlife
Connecting all the parks, reserves, private preserves in a mesh would create islands of human activity, surrounded by wildlife pathways. A much nicer place to live.
Farmers and Carbon Credits
Scientists, citizens, environmentalist, and government would have to be involved, but corporations might use carbon credit trading to purchase these farms.
An organization Will be needed to pinpoint the properties to purchase. With the goal to connect seashore parks to inland parks, restore the prairies, rewild America’s waterways and wetlands
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