They asked, Was it as good as American beef? It was very exciting for me to be on Japanese TV, speaking in Japanese about how delicious the beef was.

In Japan,once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought.

In Japan, once when I was in the studio audience of a TV cooking show, I was asked to go up on the stage and taste the beef dish that was being prepared and tell what I thought.

This is particularly crucial in the case of meat production, where beef uses about 50 times more water than vegetables.

This varies dramatically depending on crop, from three calories for plant crops to 35 calories in the production of beef

Beef consumes far more water to produce than vegetables.

gallons of water are needed to produce one pound of beef.

One acre of farmland use to for raising cows can produce 250 pounds of beef

For both beef and dairy production, it requires, at least in the beginning, more pastureland.

Grass-fed beef is enjoying a 25-30% annual growth rate.

Grass-fed beef production tends to be more labor-intensive as well.

It's in foods many of us expect, such as beef, chicken and other types of meat and dairy.

Last summer, Massachusetts grass-fed beef advocate John Smith launched Big Picture Beef, a network of small grass-fed beef farms in New England and New York that is projected to bring to market 2,500 head of cattle from 125 producers this year.

The company boasts that its dried crickets contain more protein than beef, chicken, and pork, as well as minerals like iron and calcium.