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"If you've got decisions to make at the meat counter (or at a burger joint) and want to do right by the environment, you have a couple of options," 

"You could skip the beef entirely, which is what some environmental groups say you should do. Or you could go for meat with a 'grass-fed' or 'organic' label.

"But a handful of researchers allied with the meat industry say that that those labels don't actually tell you much about how a producer is raising animals, nor are they really representative of the best environmental practices in the industry."

Today's Question: Should beef carry an 'environmental impact' label?

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A handful of researchers allied with the meat industry say that that "grass fed" and "organic" labels don't actually tell you much about how a producer is raising animals, nor are they really representative of the best environmental practices in the industry.

Should beef carry an ‘environmental impact’ label?

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