Those Chick-fil-A cows are right in a way they don’t even know

Cutting down on red meat can do even more than eating all-local foods to reduce your carbon footprint.

Why?

Well, the story doesn’t go into details, but I’ll tell you why. I don’t know about fish, but I know a chicken can convert about 4 pounds of feed into 1 pound of animal weight gain.

A cow? It takes 8 pounds of feed to do that.

Hogs, while not as good as chickens, are still better than beef, needing about 5-6 pounds of feed to put on a pound of weight gain.

Eggs, of course, come from chickens, not cows, so the same principal applies.

Eating less of all meat, if not at least occasionally going full vegetarian, as I try to do every Saturday, is much better yet.

But, if or when you must eat meat, do chicken (or other poultry) and fish first. Then, if you must have red meat, put pork ahead of beef.

Finally, if you must have been, look for grass-fed beef. It’s healthier for you as well as less environmentally destructive. Or, try bison. (Warning: More and more bison is being grain-fed, at least for its “finishing off.” Look for grass-fed if you can.)