Abstract
First paragraph: Growing concerns about global climate change have rekindled an age-old controversy about eating meat (Carrington, 2018). Animal agriculture is frequently indicted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. However, animal agriculture is not without defenders, including those who claim that holistically managed livestock grazing systems could actually “reverse climate change” (Savory, 2013). Various studies suggest that the environmental impacts of food animal production differ significantly among management systems—particularly confinement versus pasture-based systems (Koneswaran & Nierenberg, 2008). Due to its complexity, this controversy will not likely be resolved by science. Instead, the wisdom of Indigenous peoples may prove more useful in deciding whether to eat or not eat meat. . . . See the press release for this article.
Highlights
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America sponsored by Indigenous wisdom and the sovereignty to eat meat
Animal agriculture is frequently indicted as a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions
Animal agriculture is not without defenders, including those who claim that holistically managed livestock grazing systems could “reverse climate change” (Savory, 2013)
Summary
Indigenous Food Sovereignty in North America sponsored by Indigenous wisdom and the sovereignty to eat meat. The Indigenous peoples of North America were not of a single mind or custom in their reli- Indigenous peoples of the western plains, where the climate was less amenable to crop production, relied more on animals for food, the buffalo. The role of animals in the Native American and First Nation diet increased significantly after Europeans brought horses and guns to North America.
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