I trust the info in Sacred Cow a lot more considering they went out of their way to show there was very little evidence for any (health) benefit of grass fed meat over grain fed.
Super surprising stat that makes the rest of the book more credible. Didn't know it before reading.
A few other interesting tidbits:
The whole "sixty harvests left in our soil" number that's been quoted a bunch is completely made up, there's no evidence for it
Vegetarian mothers are 23% less likely to give birth to a boy
"Grain fed" cows actually only eat ~10-13% grain. The rest is grass and crop residue
~60% of agricultural land is only good for grazing animals, you can't grow crops on it.
Too rocky, hilly, weak soil, etc.
Only ~2-8% of the water beef need is "blue water," the rest is "green water" from rain and plants that would have been there either way.
Beef harvesting takes about 280 gallons of blue water per pound.
Going from writing non-fiction blog posts to writing a non-fiction book has been harder than I expected.
Here are 9 things I wish I had known before starting...
1/ Tweets and articles have ruined your internal locus of writing motivation.
When you get a rush of dopamine every day or week as the payoff for your work, it will be excruciating to go for months with none.
One option is to tell yourself to just be proud of your work and not need external validation.
But it's much easier to have a few trusted people who can occasionally look at things and remind you that yes, you know what you're doing, and no, it's not terrible.
I think making a conscious effort to spend as much of my day outside as possible (even while working) has done more for my day-to-day sense of well-being than almost any other change.
I’ve never written a novel before, but I want to this year.
So I’ve read ~10 books on the fiction writing process in the last couple of months.
Here’s the best guide to outlining an idea for a book I’ve found:
(From Conflict & Suspense by James Scott Bell)
1/ Start with your LOCK:
a LEAD character worth following.
an OBJECTIVE with physical, spiritual, or professional death on the line.
a CONFRONTATION with a stronger opponent (antagonist)
a KNOCKOUT ending that surprises & delights the reader
Write them all down on a notecard.
2/ A Disturbance and a Doorway:
Come up with a DISTURBANCE in your Lead's life that creates their Objective.
Then a DOORWAY OF NO RETURN through which they pass, leading eventually to their major CONFRONTATION.
Also called the CALL TO ADVENTURE and the THRESHOLD