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Global Roundtable For Sustainable Beef Announces Sustainability Goals

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has announced the launch of its global sustainability goals.

GRSB’s mission is to ensure that sustainable beef can remain part of an important global supply chain.

The goals are:

Climate: Reduce the net global warming impact of beef by 30%
Land Use: Ensure the beef value chain is a net positive contributor to nature
Animal Health and Welfare: Provide cattle with an environment in which they can thrive, achieved through increased adoption of best practices

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is a worldwide network of the people and organizations powering progress in sustainable beef.

In the US and Canada, GRSB’s members include the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Cargill, and JBS.

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In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Dr. Kwangwook Kim, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, discusses the use of non-nutritive sweeteners in nursery pig diets. He explains how sucralose and neotame influence feed intake, gut health, metabolism, and the frequency of diarrhea compared to antibiotics. The conversation highlights mechanisms beyond palatability, including hormone signaling and nutrient transport. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Receptors responsible for sweet taste are present not only in the mouth but also along the intestinal tract.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Kwangwook Kim / kwangwook-kim is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, specializing in swine nutrition and feed additives under disease challenge models. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of California, Davis, where he focused on intestinal health and metabolic responses in pigs. His research evaluates alternatives to antibiotics, targeting gut health and performance in nursery pigs.