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Newburyport’s Own ‘Carbon Positive’ Naturally Grazed Beef .. No “Food Inc.” Here In Greater Newburyport

After posting about Australian ’carbon positive’ beef methods [ie, growing it seqesters more carbon than it adds to the atmosphere] the folks at one local farm sent along this comment: 

At Arrowhead we produce carbon positive Beef, Pork, Lamb and Chevon using a technology known as Rotational Grazing—very similar to the management system used in Australia.
 
Using our Rotational Grazing System we fence [...]

Movie Review … “Food Inc.” …”Yikes” Our Commentor Says

Dona McG, a member of SEED the local environmental group, [and BTW one of the nation's first eco qualified RE brokers] sent this ‘movie commentary’ along:
If you want an eye-opener regarding the benefits of locally grown meat and chicken, as opposed to the controversial and scary truth regarding the national meat processing companies, e.g., Tyson, [...]

Farming Local Beef To Benefit The Earth? … Raising Carbon Positive Beef

Elizabeth M., a member of Transition Newburyport that was mentioned in the previous post, sent along this environmental note from an Australian web site. It was written by Andrea Koch, an Australian Sustainability Consultant. Here’s some of what it said:
Farming methods make all the difference between meat which is “sustainable” versus meat which is “not sustainable”. [...]