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My ‘beef’ with Dr. Patrick Brown

By Weston Svoboda, Nebraska Examiner
Apr 14, 2023
Apr 14, 2023

Historic Drought Cripples Ranches And Farms In American West — Cattle graze at sunset on drought-ravaged grassland on August 22, 2012 near Wiley, on the plains of eastern Colorado. The severe drought has dried up most of eastern Colorado's natural pastures, forcing many ranchers to sell off much of their livestock early to feedlots, which fatten up the cattle for slaughter. Most of the high plains areas of eastern Colorado and virtually all of Nebraska and Kansas are still in extreme or exceptional drought, despite recent lower temperatures, according to the University of Nebraska's Drought Monitor. The record-breaking drought, which has affected more than half of the continental United States, is expected to drive up food prices by 2013 due to lower crop harvests and the adverse effect on the nation's cattle industry. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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By Weston Svoboda, Nebraska Examiner

I write to express my dismay over the promotion of a keynote speech titled “The End of Animal Agriculture” presented on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday, April 3, by Dr. Patrick Brown, MD, Ph.D., emeritus professor at Stanford University and founder of Impossible Foods. Dr. Brown’s presentation stated that its intent was to discuss why “the end of animal agriculture should and will happen.” This is the root of my “beef” with Dr. Brown.

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