Capturing carbon in forages AND Nutrition labelling for ground pork and beef

It's a given that pastures and land growing forages store additional carbon in the soil. The question is how much carbon is stored and which management practices increase forage production. A new five-year carbon soil mapping study aims to answer those questions. The joint effort between research scientists at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Alberta will be conducted in our province. Cameron Carlyle is a University of Alberta rangeland ecologist.He says the project will quantify the environmental benefits of grazing cattle.Saskatchewan's pork producers are calling on the federal government to follow the lead of other countries and exempt ground beef and pork from proposed front-of-package labeling that would require symbols indicating products are high in fat, sugar, or sodium. Toby Tschetter is the Chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board. He says the implications for pork and beef producers are concerning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.