Come with me to the livestock farms,
Greenhouse gas emissions are higher at the farm-gate,
Come with me to the cattle farms,
Methane emissions increase climate change,
We’ll prove it’s not too late,
For low-carbon livestock, there is a dream,
For them to design something new,
They can go vegan with meal-worm and the cricket snacks!
You know, the cattle farms in thirteen countries,
Beginning with reducing methane emissions,
We heard that it is the beginning,
Of the dreams of GLEAM team.
I guess we’ll produce more pigs
They emit less methane
I guess we’ll produce more pigs
And you’ll see many kids sitting on algae beach
Why do kids look like
They’re wearing seaweeds?
Why such biodiversity loss and ammonia emissions?
They can do better with food wastes
As traditionally done by our ancestors
Some say it’s too risky and unsafe
But the potential is huge
Beginning with reduced nitrogen impact
We heard that it saves land, too.
You snuggled up to me at dawn
For fear, I may oversleep
You snuggled up to me at dawn
The new GLEAM is not cheap
For the update of the supply chains modelled
By the fantastic GLEAM team
So come with me to the livestock farms
And we’ll see how things stand
Come with me to the livestock farms
I’ll learn to assess the global nitrogen loss
I’m sure we’ll find something to do
For Koronivia joint work on Agriculture
If we’ve time on our hands
To disrupt the old paradigm!
I wrote this poem to celebrate some of achievements of my unit at FAO, Livestock Information, Sector Analysis and Policy Branch (AGAL) in 2018, it focuses on the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM) team. This poem was posted before on my LinkedIn page.
