Emiko terazono biography

Holding a fistful of pungent beige pellets, Ed Towers warns that those averse to garlic should stand back. The scent hits anyone within a few feet of him but rather than seasoning for the dinner table, these small garlic-infused cylinders are being fed to dairy cows at the Brades family farm in the verdant hills of the northern English county of Lancashire.

“We had been worried the milk would taste of garlic,” says the year-old farmer.

But, fortunately, “we’ve had no complaints,” adding that the cows seem unfazed by the powerful odour.

With climate change and the substantial greenhouse gas emissions from livestock coming under increasing scrutiny, many farmers and scientists are looking for affordable solutions that might make meat and dairy greener.

The garlic and citrus pellets used at Brades Farm are one such innovation: the supplements are mixed into the feed given to the family’s herd of cows, and have hel Articles by Emiko Terazono’s Profile | Financial Times ...

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