Ethics of Animal Husbandry Myths

With urbanization and people being multiple generations removed from the farm, there’s bound to be misinformation about agricultural practices in raising animals for food and fibre.

Click the link below to learn more. There you will find out about the variety of myths that are associated with raising ruminants for milk, meat, and wool.

Myths About Grazing & The Environment

Ruminants have been part of the environment for hundreds of thousands of years. Only recently has awareness been raised about the alleged harms that ruminants—specifically, cattle — have on the environment. 

However, not all environmental harms are factual, and they do not deserve the broad statements that often accompany such concerns or accusations. Find out more in the links below.

Fallacies of Feeds, Feed Crops & Feeding Ruminants

Ruminants, being herbivores, need to eat plants. If they’re not out on perennial pasture to eat for themselves, ruminants raised for meat and milk often need crops grown for them to eat. However, over the last few decades, much misinformation has been circulating the Internet regarding what ruminants eat, how much they eat, and what crops go where—humans or animal feed. 

Many of these concerns involve the environment, ethics, and resource use; however, most are misplaced or twisted out of context. Click the button below to find out more.

Urban Myths & Legends

Along with many of the anti-ruminant myths above, long-standing myths and urban legends—many of which have been around for a lot longer than concerns about the environment and animal husbandry practices—are rife with controversy or are just out of touch with reality.

To find out which myths we are talking about, click the button below.