Producing food
An intensive system of production capable of producing a lot of meat in small time has thus got hold to face growing consumers’ demand of meat. Farmers turn a raw material as cereals, available in great amounts at a low price, in meat which we eat. It’s an absolutely inefficient system as it uses much to produce little, infact, about 7 k of cereals and about 15 thousand litres of water are required to produce 1 k of beef meat! Apart from the consequences related to the overexploitation of resources, breeding farms have a substantial impact on the environment also with regards to the waste substances introduced in soil, water and atmosphere. Knowing the mechanisms of the meat production chain is important to discover what lies behind a beef steak, a ham slice or a chicken breast.
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2 July 2014
A hoax? No thank you, I prefer to find out myself!
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Who’s coming to dinner
A shark in my hamburger Summer is finally here! As usual, we have waited for it all year long and…
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10 February 2020
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We have been speaking of sustainable behaviours to apply to our daily life, but what happens when we unplug and…
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8 March 2022
8 March. We remember Rosalind Franklin, the great female DNA scientist.
DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher, a Swiss biochemist in 1869. It was a brilliant, but not complicated operation:…
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In search of the riders of icebergs
International Polar Bear Day, set up by Polar Bears International, a non-profit organisation, was held on 27 February. The aim…
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2 July 2014
A hoax? No thank you, I prefer to find out myself!
In Italian, bufala: a hoax, also means a female buffalo...
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8 July 2022
Who’s coming to dinner
A shark in my hamburger Summer is finally here! As usual, we have waited for it all year long and…
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10 February 2020
Coral turns pale!
The coral reef is one of the ecosystems with the richest biodiversity...
From the Multimedia section
Facts
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Ant and fish activities
A small insect like the antilion, digs funnel shaped traps in the sandy ground when it is in the larva…
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16 May 2011
Big and small animals
To live at the high temperatures of this inhospitable environment...
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16 May 2011
Big and small animals
To live at the high temperatures of this inhospitable environment...