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The rancher who is a scientist: CA Sea Grant Extension Specialist, Luke Gardner uses his lab discoveries to help his ranch fight climate change

Cattle are warming the planet. A single cow burps more than 200 pounds of methane in a year, a powerful greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change as it lurks in the atmosphere.

So Gardner, an aquaculture scientist, is identifying native seaweeds that can be added to cattle feed to soothe their gassy gut.

Having an appreciation for the realities of ranching, he believes, puts him in a good position to join different interests together to find solutions to a common problem…

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