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Soil Carbon Cowboys is a 2015 documentary promoting [[Allan Savory]]'s [[Holistic Management]], funded by a grant from [[Shell Oil]] and made in collaboration with the [[World Bank]].<ref>https://jacobin.com/2022/03/big-agriculture-funding-regenerative-ranching-amp-grazing-soil-carbon</ref><ref>https://robbwolf.com/2016/03/18/sustainability-part-2-the-game-changers-of-small-ag/</ref>
Soil Carbon Cowboys is a 2015 documentary promoting [[Allan Savory]]'s [[Holistic Management]], funded by a grant from [[Shell Oil]] and made in collaboration with the [[World Bank]].<ref>https://jacobin.com/2022/03/big-agriculture-funding-regenerative-ranching-amp-grazing-soil-carbon</ref><ref>https://robbwolf.com/2016/03/18/sustainability-part-2-the-game-changers-of-small-ag/</ref>
The documentary greenwashes and denies the overwhelming scientific evidence that beef is the most emissions-intensive food; and that people - especially citizens of wealthy countries - need to drastically reduce their beef consumption to stop [[climate collapse]].<ref>https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216</ref><ref>https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-per-kg-poore</ref><ref>https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/</ref><ref>https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357?cookieSet=1</ref><ref>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02409-7#:~:text=By%202050%2C%20dietary%20changes%20could,people%20ate%20less%20meat%3F')</ref><ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/vegan-vegetarian-meat-climate-emergency-scientists-environment-a9185956.html</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/19/rising-global-meat-consumption-will-devastate-environment#:~:text=A%20recent%20review%20by%20the,a%2042%25%20increase%20in%20pork.</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/03/five-beef-industry-myths-busted</ref><ref>https://www.distilled.earth/p/reducing-methane-emissions-is-one</ref>


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= Production =
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[[Google]], [[Facebook]], [[McDonald’s]], [[Boeing]], [[Nike]], [[Microsoft]], [[Shell Oil]], [[Walmart]], [[Cargill]], White House OST & CEQ, [[World Bank]], Prince Charles’ B.E.P. program @ Cambridge University, House of Commons & U.S. Embassies in London, Berlin and Vienna, various U.S. Consulates in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.<ref>https://carboncowboys.org/films-top/about/peter-byck</ref>
[[Google]], [[Facebook]], [[McDonald’s]], [[Boeing]], [[Nike]], [[Microsoft]], [[Shell Oil]], [[Walmart]], [[Cargill]], White House OST & CEQ, [[World Bank]], Prince Charles’ B.E.P. program @ Cambridge University, House of Commons & U.S. Embassies in London, Berlin and Vienna, various U.S. Consulates in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.<ref>https://carboncowboys.org/films-top/about/peter-byck</ref>
= Sources =

Latest revision as of 07:02, 9 September 2023

Soil Carbon Cowboys is a 2015 documentary promoting Allan Savory's Holistic Management, funded by a grant from Shell Oil and made in collaboration with the World Bank.[1][2]

The documentary greenwashes and denies the overwhelming scientific evidence that beef is the most emissions-intensive food; and that people - especially citizens of wealthy countries - need to drastically reduce their beef consumption to stop climate collapse.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Production

The film was directed and produced by Peter Byck, a Professor at Arizona State University whose professional speaking lineup includes:

Google, Facebook, McDonald’s, Boeing, Nike, Microsoft, Shell Oil, Walmart, Cargill, White House OST & CEQ, World Bank, Prince Charles’ B.E.P. program @ Cambridge University, House of Commons & U.S. Embassies in London, Berlin and Vienna, various U.S. Consulates in Scotland, Ireland and Germany.[12]

Sources

  1. ↑ https://jacobin.com/2022/03/big-agriculture-funding-regenerative-ranching-amp-grazing-soil-carbon
  2. ↑ https://robbwolf.com/2016/03/18/sustainability-part-2-the-game-changers-of-small-ag/
  3. ↑ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216
  4. ↑ https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-per-kg-poore
  5. ↑ https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/
  6. ↑ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357?cookieSet=1
  7. ↑ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02409-7#:~:text=By%202050%2C%20dietary%20changes%20could,people%20ate%20less%20meat%3F')
  8. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/vegan-vegetarian-meat-climate-emergency-scientists-environment-a9185956.html
  9. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/19/rising-global-meat-consumption-will-devastate-environment#:~:text=A%20recent%20review%20by%20the,a%2042%25%20increase%20in%20pork.
  10. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/03/five-beef-industry-myths-busted
  11. ↑ https://www.distilled.earth/p/reducing-methane-emissions-is-one
  12. ↑ https://carboncowboys.org/films-top/about/peter-byck
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