{"id":27758,"date":"2010-12-21T15:51:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=27758"},"modified":"2010-12-21T15:51:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T15:51:28","slug":"article_22238","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_22238\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Life of Beef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For related articles and more information, please visit OCA&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/farm.cfm\" rel=\"noopener\">Resource Center on Farm Issues<\/a> and our <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/environment.cfm\" rel=\"noopener\">Agriculture and Climate page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>How does eating beef contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions that are hastening climate change? 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