The Clarity and Leadership for Environmental Awareness and Research Center–known as the CLEAR Center at the University of California, Davis–uses research and extension to advance sustainability in animal agriculture. Team leader Frank Mitloehner, professor and air quality specialist in cooperative extension in the Department of Animal Science, joined AgriTalk’s host Chip Flory and Farm Journal’s PORK editor Jennifer Shike to discuss his message to farmers during World Pork Expo.
"One message is that I want farmers to lose their fear of things such as the term sustainability. Many farmers think this is some kind of curse word, when I think it as largely a misunderstanding," Mitloehner says. "I think sustainability is pretty much the same as stewardship."
Mitloehner believes stewardship means being the best steward of your land, your soil and the water on your land. That’s the natural resource and environmental part. Farmers are also the best steward of the animals they have control over.
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[Source: Farm Journal’s Pork 26 June 2024 by Maggie Malson]