Can feeding pomegranate peel to cows reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Is climate change real? A couple of years ago, when I first came to Norway, winter was a fun season. In winter, much of Norway usually transformed into a snow-clad paradise. This meant I could go skiing nearly every day in the snow-covered field right next to the campus. However, it is oddly enough that there has not been much snow falling in the last few years. It has got me thinking whether this climate phenomenon is a result of global warming due to the increase of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As an animal nutritionist, I have been thinking about what we can do to reduce the GHG emissions from large animals such as dairy cows. Would feeding pomegranate peel to cows reduce greenhouse gas emissions and valorize a food industry by-product?
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