Planet-Friendly Foods for Gassy Cows?

• This resource explores a silvopastoral farm in Colombia that uses sustainable cattle ranching approaches to reduce the negative impacts on the environment. 
• The video highlights the devastating consequences of animal agriculture, focusing on global greenhouse gas emissions and land use changes.

Positives

• The video provides footage of the sustainable farm which delivers a clear picture of how this method works. 
• This resource provides links to 20 additional resources for a thorough look at this topic. 

Additional Prerequisites

• The video has two ads. 
• It may help to give a brief overview of conventional farming methods as a point of comparison for students before learning about the approach presented in this resource. 

Differentiation

• After watching the video in this resource, students could work in groups to create an advertisement advocating for a particular farming method or for reducing meat consumption. 
• Consider having students also view the video about sustainable cattle ranching paying off for Columbian farmers (provided in the "related links" section) and have students use a venn diagram to compare new learning from this video. 
• As an extension activity, ask students to choose a topic of interest from the "watch these videos" section about sustainability and agroforestry for further research. 
• Other resources on this topic include this video which provides more information about reducing methane emissions, this video about the environmental and climate impacts of animal agriculture, and this article about natural gas, methane, and the impacts of media messaging.