Coming to a grocery store near you: Low-carbon beef

Meat eaters worried about climate change can soon put their money where their mouth is by purchasing steaks produced with a reduced carbon footprint. 

Americans already willing to pay more for organic food and grass-fed cattle would likely fork over more money for more sustainable steak, reasons Colin Beal, whose Stillwater, Oklahoma-based company, Low Carbon Beef (LCB), certifies cattle produced with 10% lower greenhouse gas emissions than the industry average.

While estimates vary, a United Nations report attributed nearly 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions to raising animals for slaughter. The problem stems in part from issues ranging from fertilizer-intensive farming of grain to feed animals to the disposal of their manure.