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Levels of health-promoting fatty acids are higher in milk from grass-fed cows

March 25, 2018 -

Posted by Frances Bloomfield

(Natural News) Grass-fed cattle are regarded as healthier than grain-fed, but can the same be said of milk coming from grass-fed cows? That’s a question that numerous researchers from different universities sought to answer. What they found confirmed what grass milk farmers had been telling them for years: Grass-fed cows did indeed produce more nutritious […]

in: Animals, Food, Health, Nutrition

Study of microbes found in cow stomachs could lead to energy extraction breakthrough, aiding in production of biofuels

March 20, 2018 -

Posted by Ethan Huff

(Natural News) To develop new techniques in maximizing food and fuel production in the modern age, researchers from The University in Edinburgh in the United Kingdom are turning to an unlikely source for answers: The living bacteria inside the guts of bovine animals. A new study claims that microbes may be the solution to figuring […]

in: Agriculture, Animals, Biodiversity, Clean foods & organics, Energy, Food, Food freedom, Food independence, Future, Green living / sustainable living, Renewable energy, Science, Scientific Achievements, Technology

Can you care for your sick or wounded animals? First aid basics for the barnyard

February 25, 2018 -

Posted by Edsel Cook

(Natural News) There are times when your farm animal is so ill or injured that you simply cannot wait for the veterinarian to arrive. Knowing how to treat sicknesses like colic, wounds, and mastitis can spell life or death, reported Survivopedia.com. The article advises that you stock up an animal first-aid kit that contains various medicines. You […]

in: Animals, Environment

GMO corn driving up use of dangerous pesticides

February 20, 2018 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) A very dramatic rise in the use of pesticides on Vermont dairy farms was uncovered following a recent public records request. According to the pesticide use data from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the use of glyphosate more than doubled in the years from 2014 to 2016, while corn-related pesticide […]

in: Agriculture, Culture & Society, Environment, FIght against GMOs, Food, Glyphosate & Roundup, GMOs, Pesticides & Herbicides, Plants, Toxic chemicals

Bill Gates is backing a quest to create a genetically modified Super Cow, hoping to produce four times more genetically modified milk

February 7, 2018 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) Not content with what nature has provided us, Microsoft founder Bill Gates would like to see a cow that can make more milk than European cows yet be able to withstand heat just as well as African cows. As part of this quest, he is now funding genetic research that aims to create […]

in: Animals, Climate change, Culture & Society, Environment, Environment, Greenhouse gases

A student has discovered that feeding cows microalgae increases the omega-3s in cheese

January 9, 2018 -

Posted by Zoey Sky

(Natural News) A recent study has proven that feeding cows microalgae can increase the omega-3 fatty acid content of the milk they produce. Bethan Till, a Ph.D. student at Harper Adams University, reports that her project, which involved feeding cows microalgae to increase the omega-3 content of their milk, was successful. The cows that she observed […]

in: Food, Health, Nutrition, raw milk

Animals experience emotions and exhibit distinct personalities, science confirms

December 1, 2017 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) While most of us wouldn’t go out of our way to hurt another living creature, plenty of people don’t think twice about eating meat. Where their food came from and the destruction to animal habitats that is caused to sustain modern lifestyles never crosses many people’s minds. Even though many people would like […]

in: Animals, Culture & Society, Environment, Food