Modern industrial farming relies on a dangerously small number of genetic lines. Discover unique, resilient livestock breeds from the medieval period that possess invaluable traits for future food security.
One breed goes extinct every single month. That is not a guess. That is the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reporting on the state of the world's livestock. Seventeen percent of all farm animal breeds, roughly 1,500 are currently at risk of disappearing entirely.
And here are the numbers that should stop you cold! Just three pig breeds now produce 75 percent of all American pork, four sheep breeds account for over 60 percent of the national flock, and one dairy cow breed, the Holstein, makes up roughly 90 percent of all dairy cattle in the country.
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