Cow-milk cheese have a high carbon footprint because rasing cows have several negative effects on climate changing factors.

• lots of cows a raised not only with simple grass - this would have not-so-bad effect, aside from the deforested land needed - they need extra proteins from soya: this causes major deforesting in Brazil for example
• cow digestion produces considerable amount of methane that has huge greenhouse effect

On the other hand good cheese should not be eaten in large quantities: always eat your cheese on a piece of bread!

And consider eating goat cheese: raising goats is known to have smaller greenhouse effect.

Cow-milk cheese has a high carbon footprint because raising cows has several negative effects on climate changing factors.

• A lot of cows are not only fed on grass – this would not have such a bad effect, aside from the deforested land needed – they need extra proteins from soya: this causes major deforestation in Brazil for example.
• A cow’s digestion produces a considerable amount of methane, which has a huge greenhouse effect.

On the other hand, good cheese should not be eaten in large quantities: always eat your cheese on a piece of bread!

And consider eating goat cheese: raising goats is known to have a smaller greenhouse effect.