Bittman's piececompares the amountoffossilfuelsneeded to produce a meatmeal versus fossil fuels needed for a plant-based mealand illustrates that themeatmeal requires 16 times more!
It is usually transmitted between cows through the practice of recycling bovine carcasses for meat and bone meal protein, which is fed to other cattle.
It caused the French Government to ban meat and bone meal in animal feed, take T-bone steaks off menus and institute more stringent health tests for cattle.