You might feel good buying grass-fed, free-range beef, touted as better for the environment than conventional beef from factory farms. But you're "being misled," says Bard College geophysicist Gidon ...

Labels like organic and grass fed may seem interchangeable when comparing your beef selection, but there's a world of difference between the two terms.

Eat Grass-Fed Beef, Help the Planet? Research Says Not So Simple For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. A study out Monday ...

For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. A study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that ...

Experts say this study's finding makes sense because it's less efficient to produce grass-fed cattle than their industrial counterparts. Animals that are fattened up in fields instead of feedlots grow ...

The finding calls into question the frequent promotion of grass-fed beef as a more environmentally friendly option. Still, other scientists say grass-fed beef wins out on other factors like animal ...

A study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef produces no less planet-warming carbon emissions than ...

For cattle fattened in fields instead of feedlots, the grass may be greener, but the carbon emissions are not. A study out Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that ...