“and the soil erosion”

M.W. Hamm. “Linking Sustainable Agriculture and Public Health: Opportunities for Realizing Multiple Goals,” J. Hunger Environ. Nutr. 3 (2-3) (2008): 169.

“of global greenhouse”

Food and Agriculture Organization. Tackling Climate Change through Livestock. (Rome: United Nations, 2013).

“residential (12 percent)”

N. Pelletier and P. Tyedmers. “Forecasting Potential Global Environmental Costs of Livestock Production 2000–2050,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 107  (2010): 18371. 

“asked that question”

R.R. White and M.B. Hall. “Nutritional and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Removing Animals from U.S. Agriculture,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 114  (2017): E10301.

“particularly for the poor”

G. Nelson et al. “Income Growth and Climate Change Effects on Global Nutrition Security to Mid-Century,” Nat. Sustain. 1  (2018): 773.

“tons of methane”

National Agricultural Statistics Service. “All Cattle and Calves Inventory – United States: January 1,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 2020).

“of 366 kg/head”

Crop Reporting Board. “Number of Cattle and Calves on Farms by Sex and Weight, United States, January 1, 1965-71,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1971).

“of 366 kg/head”

P.J. Crutzen et al.  “Methane Production by Domestic Animals, Wild Ruminants, Other Herbivorous Fauna, and Humans.” In Chemical and Physical Meteorology, ed. B. Tellus, vol. 38 (1986), p.271.

“is methane”

M. Pimentel et al. “Methanogens in Human Health and Disease,” Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1 Suppl 1 (2012): 28.

“ruminant microbiome”

P.P. Chaudhary et al. “Methanogens in Humans: Potentially Beneficial or Harmful for Health,” Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 102 (7) (2018): 3095.

“render you susceptible”

Y. Peled et al. “Factors Affecting Methane Production in Humans. Gastrointestinal Diseases and Alterations of Colonic Flora,” Dig. Dis. Sci. 32 (3) (1987): 267.

“to oral antibiotics”

B. Dridi et al. “The Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Cultured Human Methanogens Reflects the Unique Phylogenetic Position of Archaea,” J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 66 (9) (2011): 2038.

“gastroenterologist throws at them”

S. Khelaifia and M. Drancourt. “Susceptibility of Archaea to Antimicrobial Agents: Applications to Clinical Microbiology,” Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 18  (2012): 841.

“metabolic problems”

P.P. Chaudhary et al. “Methanogens in Humans: Potentially Beneficial or Harmful for Health,” Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 102 (3095-3104) (2018): 7.

“Archaea go way up”

C. Schiraldi et al. “Perspectives on Biotechnological Applications of Archaea,” Archaea 1 (2) (2002): 75.

“estimates predicted”

R.A. Alvarez et al. “Assessment of Methane Emissions from the U.S. Oil and Gas Supply Chain,” Science 361 (2018): 186.

“estimates predicted”

C. Davenport.  “Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier to Release Methane into Air.” New York Times, Sept 10, 2018.

“submerged in saltwater”

S.J. Royer et al. “Production of Methane and Ethylene from Plastic in the Environment,” PLoS One 13  (2018): e0200574.

“cleared for cattle farming”

J.B. Veiga et al.  Cattle Ranching in the Amazon Rainforest. Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome: World Health Organization, 2003).

“way for sugar farms”

N. Hofmeister.  “In Surprise Move, Brazil Has Removed Restrictions on Amazon Sugarcane Production.” Mongabay, Nov 13, 2019.

“leaves the farm”

Environmental Working Group. Meat Eater’s Guide: Report. (San Francisco,2011).

“human metabolic syndrome”

F.D. Provenza et al. “Is Grassfed Meat and Dairy Better for Human and Environmental Health?,” Front. Nutrition 6  (2019): 26.

“generates nitrous oxide”

D. Wallinga. “Today’s Food System: How Healthy Is It?,” J. Hunger Environ. Nutr. 4 (3-4) (2009): 251.

“creates climate change”

D. Gurian-Sherman.  Raising the Steaks: Global Warming and Pasture-Raised Beef Production in the United States. Union of Concerned Scientists (Washington, D.C.: 2011).

“to the nitrogen runoff”

M. Bruckner.  “The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone.” Microbial Life Education Resources, Carleton College. 

“than eight hundred today”

M.F. Chislock et al. “Eutrophication: Causes, Consequences, and Controls in Aquatic Ecosystems,” Nature Education Knowledge 4  (2013): 10.

“one hundred thousand people”

Environmental Working Group. “EWG’s Tap Water Database: 2019 Update”

“definitely the top two”

World Wildlife Federation. “Sugarcane Farming’s Toll on the Environment.” (Geneva: World Wildife Magazine, 2015).

“of «superweeds.»”

Union of Concerned Scientists. “The Rise of Superweeds and What to Do About It,” (Washington, DC: UCS, 2013).

“have exhibited infestation”

R. Scarrow. “Glyphosate Resistance: Of Superweeds and Survivors,” Nature Plants 3  (2017): 17078.

“the snow of the Arctic”

M. Bergmann et al. “White and Wonderful? Microplastics Prevail in Snow from the Alps to the Arctic,” Science Advances 5 (8) (2019): eaax1157.

“all waste in 2019”

Sustainable Management of Food Basics. (Environmental Protection Agency.

“easily a cow’s stomach”

Environmental Protection Agency. “Reducing Wasted Food & Packaging: A Guide for Food Services and Restaurants,”  (Washington, DC: EPA, 2020).

“ecosystems all over the globe”

M. Story et al. “Research and Action Priorities for Linking Public Health, Food Systems, and Sustainable Agriculture: Recommendations from the Airlie Conference,” J. Hunger Environ. Nutr. 4 (3-4) (2009): 477.