Comments to AFACT members from Dr. Jude Capper of Cornell University on the below-mentioned Chicago Tribune article:
Globally, the U.N. estimate that 18 percent of greenhouse gases come from agriculture, but a recent study published by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that only 6 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture; and only 11 [...]

MILLER: Udder nonsense about milk
Henry Miller
COMMENTARY:
Milk occupies a special place in our lives and language. It has been dubbed “Nature’s most
perfect food,” and we speak sentimentally of the “land of milk and honey” and the “milk of human
kindness.” Dairy products represent important nutrient sources in much of the world, containing
calcium and high-quality protein.
Fourteen years ago, [...]

The environmental impact of recombinant bovine
somatotropin (rbST) use in dairy production
Judith L. Capper*, Euridice Castan˜ eda-Gutie´ rrez*†, Roger A. Cady‡, and Dale E. Bauman*§
*Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4801; and ‡Monsanto Company Animal Agricultural Group, 800 North Lindbergh
Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63167-0001

Edited by David H. Baker, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, [...]