Sustainability Matters: June 12, 2015

Is grassfed beef more drought-friendly? [Grist]

Your gut microbiome is the life of the party: researchers have found that young adults who eat more fermented foods have less social anxiety. [MUNCHIES]

A new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that dietary guidelines are based on faulty data. [FWF]

A new poll finds that 60 percent of respondents throw out food because they
“want to eat only the freshest foods possible.” [WaPo]

Much like global seed banks, world governments have started “meat banks,” where the reproductive organs of livestock breeds are preserved for the future. [Smithsonian]

A graphic breakdown of the wide-ranging effects of the recent avian flu outbreak. [WaPo]