Welcome back to The Agriculture Season, our new series that explores the food on your plate, how it got there, and its global impact on the environment, social justice, and the economy.

In this episode (EP 4), we're diving into the controversial questions:

Is eating meat killing the planet?

Is there such a thing as "ethically conscious meat eating"?

What exactly is meat production's impact on the environment?

Tune into this episode to find out our discoveries after connecting with land stewards, regenerative farmers, and superfood experts to answer our pressing questions!

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The views, opinions, and statements expressed by guests in this episode are solely those of the individuals speaking and do not represent the views, opinions, or positions of Hotel Earth 360°, Ariana Halvaei or Alexandria Moorehead.

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Sources cited in this episode:

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/meat-oil-gas-methane

https://profundo.nl/projects/roasting-the-planet-big-meat-and-dairy-s-big-emissions-/

https://foe.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Roasting-The-Planet-ExecSummary-FINAL-16_10_25.pdf

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

https://www.fairr.org/resources/knowledge-hub/water-use

https://carboncontainmentlab.org/updates/posts/hidden-in-plain-sight-an-overview-of-rice-paddy-methane-mitigation

https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/activity/mitigating-methane-emissions-rice-paddies

https://farmonaut.com/blogs/almond-milk-water-consumption-2026-vs-dairy-milk

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46459714

https://www.asas.org/taking-stock/blog-post/taking-stock/2023/06/29/interpretive-summary-study-finds-carbon-footprint-of-lab-grown-beef

https://costa.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/costa.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/one-pager-cows-act.pdf

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/AMMP/

https://www.iatp.org/emissions-impossible-methane-edition

https://changingmarkets.org/report/emissions-impossible-methane-edition/

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216

https://www.waterfootprint.org/resources/Mekonnen-Hoekstra-2012-WaterFootprintFarmAnimalProducts_1.pdf

https://globalaffairs.org/commentary/blogs/livestock-ladders-water-footprint

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391194277_Global_Rice_Paddy_Inventory_GRPI_A_High-Resolution_Inventory_of_Methane_Emissions_From_Rice_Agriculture_Based_on_Landsat_Satellite_Inundation_Data

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/meat-oil-gas-methane

https://foodrise.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Roasting-The-Planet-Report-FINAL-16_10_25.pdf

https://www.iatp.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/2021_IATP_COP26_JBS_NetZero.pdf ___________________________________________

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