Beef Protein and the Environment Less than 20% of Canadian grasslands remain intact because they have been converted to cropland, or developed for cities or industrial purposes. Download to Learn More Related snapAG Articles Antibiotics in Food Biosecurity Organic Farming Beef Protein and the Environment Global Protein Consumption What are GMOs Organic Soil Management Organic and Synthetic Pesticides Neonics Global Protein Consumption Advanced Plant Breeding Antibiotics – What and Why? Vaccines Animal Welfare or Rights Transporting Farm Animals The Myth of Factory Farms Intensive Livestock Operations Dairy Cows Chicken Housing Hormones Today’s Farm Soil Horticulture in Canada Aquaculture in Canada Water Management Farm Animals Animal Breeding Agriculture and Land Use Agriculture and Greenhouse Gases Environmental Farm Plans Conservation Tillage Carbon Sequestration Protein and Nutrition Food Safety Food Waste Grass-Fed and Grain-Finished Beef Pesticides on Food Organic Food Eggs Dairy in Your Diet Milk Pasteurization Gluten Food Additives GMOs and the Environment GMO Foods GMOs Around the World Organic Pest Management Conventional or Organic Fertilizer Fertilizer Use Fertilizer Irrigation Grain Farm Technology Glyphosate Pesticides and the Environment Pesticides – What and Why? Plant Breeding and Food Security Genetics and Farming Genetic Engineering and Human Health History of Plant Breeding Bees Bioplastics Crop Byproducts Eating Local Food Processing Food Security Invasive Species Regenerative Agriculture Robotics in Agriculture Supply Management Urban Agriculture Urban Pesticides Websites to Investigate This Topic Further Alberta Beef Producers Ducks Unlimited Government of Saskatchewan Guardians of the Grasslands Nature Conservancy of Canada Footnotes Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). (2016). "National Beef Sustainability Assessment and Strategy Summary Report." Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). (2016). "National Beef Sustainability Assessment and Strategy Summary Report." Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). (2016). "National Beef Sustainability Assessment and Strategy Summary Report." D. Kraus, Nature Conservancy Canada. (October 24, 2016). "Why Canada's Prairies are the Most Endangered Ecosystem." Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). (2016). "National Beef Sustainability Assessment and Strategy Summary Report." Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. (No date). “Feedlot Operation.” G. Legesse et al. (December 23, 2015).“Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Canadian Beef Production in 1981 as Compared with 2011.” Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). (2013.) "Animal Feed vs. Human Food: Challenges and Opportunities in Sustaining Animal Agriculture Toward 2050." Beef Cattle Research Centre. (January 14, 2013). “Explaining Growth Promotants Used in Feedlot Cattle.” S. Hartmann, M. Lacorn & H. Steinhart. (May 1998). “Natural Occurrence of Steroid Hormones in Food.” References Beef Cattle Research Centre. (January 14, 2013). “Explaining Growth Promotants Used in Feedlot Cattle.” Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). (2016). "National Beef Sustainability Assessment and Strategy Summary Report." Calgary, AB: CRSB. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). (2013.) "Animal Feed vs. Human Food: Challenges and Opportunities in Sustaining Animal Agriculture Toward 2050." Kraus, D. Nature Conservancy Canada. (October 24, 2016). "Why Canada's Prairies are the Most Endangered Ecosystem." Legesse, G. et al. (December 23, 2015).“Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Canadian Beef Production in 1981 as Compared with 2011.” Animal Production Science56(3): 153-168. Hartmann, S., Lacorn, M. & Steinhart, H. (May 1998). “Natural Occurrence of Steroid Hormones in Food.” ScienceDirect 62(1): 7-20. Photo Credits Cattle on pasture, Page 1- Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan American badger, Page 1- Canada Beef Burrowing owl, Page 1- Canada Beef White tail deer, Page 1- Canada Beef Cattle feeding, Page 2- Canada Beef Prairie grasslands, Page 2- Canada Beef Tags environment food beef nutrition protein ecosystem cattle cows ruminants hormones greenhouse gas biodiversity