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Sustainability in Beef Production Moving Forward with Global Roundtable
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:17:14 CDT
In today's Beef Buzz, we wrap up our look into the issue of sustainability as it relates to beef production. Bryan Weech, Director of Livestock Agriculture for the World Wildlife Fund, says it is imperative for the industry to move forward and it is starting with a global effort. At a recent global conference on sustainable beef, over 300 participants from all of the world worked on finding a solution.
The global conference was held in Denver, Colorado, and participants discussed what some of the key impacts are between sustainability and beef production and what they can do to work together on those issues. One solution was the idea of a global roundtable focusing on sustainable beef. The global roundtable has a vision of to become an action-oriented, internation coalition of beef stakeholders committed to a sustainable, global beef system.
Weech says the main points of the global roundtable are to identify better management practices, support regional and local initiatives, provide producer education and appropriate standards and certification. Weech also says the global roundtable will serve as a catalyst to regional and local science-based projects and initiatives on sustainability.
Click on the LISTEN bar below to hear more from Bryan Weech with the World Wildlife Fund on the the global roundtable for sustainable beef, and how it will continue to move forward.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
Click here for more information on the Global Conference on Sustainable Beef Production.
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