In talking up her Green New Deal, which had initially come with an FAQ that talked (presumably tongue-in-cheek) about “getting rid” of “farting cows” to help combat climate change, Ocasio-Cortez said on a TV appearance that Americans may need to eat fewer burgers.
“In the deal, what we talk about, and it’s true, is that we need to take a look at factory farming, you know? Period. It’s wild,” Ocasio-Cortez said on Showtime's late-night “Desus & Mero" last week. “And so it’s not to say you get rid of agriculture, it’s not to say we’re gonna force everybody to go vegan or anything crazy like that. But it’s to say, ‘Listen, we gotta address factory farming. Maybe we shouldn’t be eating a hamburger for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.' Like, let’s keep it real.”
Eliminating or even modifying “factory farming” would skyrocket the price of beef to where only the elite could afford it. I have spent lots of time around farmers, been on 100’s of farms, ranches, and feed yards and I can tell you one thing these places are run like an airport. It is a scientific method they use and the grain is grown right there in the heartland to make it all work..... not to mention the massive aquifer of water it all sits over. Little will be changed to cow farting....bank on it.
The deal may be crazy but its not a joke saving the world...