Maybe you saw the news about the Bovaer feed additive controversy…
But if you don’t know…
The UK government has a fascinating plan to force ALL "suitable" British cattle to consume methane-reducing chemicals by 2030.
This has started with Arla Foods trialing Bovaer "a feed additive designed to reduce methane emissions from cows, on 30 of its farms in the UK".
🤨 Yeah, you read that right.
This isn't some conspiracy theory either…
It's right there in the DEFRA documents that are now circulating everywhere online.
Some people on social media filmed themselves tossing out Arla-owned milk and butter products since the Danish company announced their Bovaer trial…
Extreme? We don’t think so…
Ruminants like cows have been producing methane through their complex digestive processes for MILLIONS of years.
This isn't some biological defect that needs "fixing" – it's an elegant symbiotic relationship that evolved over millennia.
Cows have multiple stomach chambers housing specific bacteria (their microbiome) that help them digest grass and fibrous plants that NO OTHER ANIMAL can digest.
This fermentation process naturally produces methane as a byproduct.
But now suddenly, we need to "fix" this ancient metabolic pathway by suppressing an enzyme in the cow's gut? 🤔
Sound familiar?
It's the SIGNATURE move – find a natural process, declare it problematic, then create a "solution" that interrupts that process while ignoring potential downstream effects.
(and if anything… they should give our vegan friends some Bovaer cause lord knows those raw chickpea farts should BANNED in public places… just kidding!)
But seriously, what happens when you tinker with nature and cows?
Research from 2008 highlighted that when you try to inhibit methane production in cow's guts, their systems revert back through "a variety of adaptive mechanisms."
Those researchers even admitted they had "substantial gaps" in understanding the "intricacies of hydrogen flow within the ruminal ecosystem."
Translation for human speak: They don't fully understand what they're messing with.
Here are the questions nobody seems to be asking…
If you disrupt a cow's ability to process hydrogen byproducts through methane production, where does that hydrogen go?
What happens to the delicate balance of their gut microbiome?
How might this affect the nutritional quality of their meat, milk and organs?
When you create a vacuum in any ecosystem (including the gut), something else will ALWAYS fill that space.
We could see an overgrowth of harmful bacteria that these methanogens typically keep in check.
Think about it…
What if these adaptations lead to the production of toxic byproducts?
Or what if they reduce the cow's ability to produce vital nutrients that we depend on when we consume their meat and organs?
Instead, we're getting the usual propaganda:
"Don’t worry…it’s been extensively studied!"...
Yet trying to find these studies is nearly impossible.
Or being told it’s "It’s 100% safe!"...
By the same people who stand to profit by saying so (no conflict of interest there!).
And anyway, the methane narrative around cattle = FAKE NEWS.
Methane from cattle is part of a natural carbon cycle:
- Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere
- Cows eat the plants
- Cows produce methane which breaks down into CO2 and water
- Plants absorb this CO2 again
It's a closed loop that's been happening for millions of years.
The methane cows produce today is no different from what wild ruminants have been producing throughout history.
(But what fun would the world be with dystopian overlords protecting us from farts?)
The REAL environmental problem isn't cattle – it's industrial agriculture, mono-cropping, and the destruction of natural grazing lands. Not to mention all the other industries that completely eclipse agriculture when it comes to how they wreak havoc on the planet.
And here’s some NOT-SO-FAKE-NEWS…
We are 100% CLEAR of Bovaer.
Why? Because we've always believed that nature knows best.
Our cattle eat what they're designed to eat: grass and forage - not synthetic chemicals designed to disrupt their digestion.
(no need to toss our products down the sink)
So if you want to avoid the madness...
And support farming that works WITH nature rather than against it...
Our nose-to-tail products come from animals raised the way nature intended.
To more cow farts,
The APE Team