An English football team has replaced the beef patties in the stadium hamburgers with wild British venison, a change that’s proving popular with the fans, and better for the environment.

Some forms of cattle ranching produce significant greenhouse gas emissions among food supply chains, while others sequester more carbon than is emitted by the animals.

Living a wild or semi-wild existence though makes venison among the lowest-impact meats available, and Levy UK, the hospitality manager for some 20 stadiums and sports parks across the country, say it will slash an estimated 85% of the carbon emissions from their supply chains.

The venison was available already at the Women’s Rugby World Cup Final at the Twickenham ground in London in September, a month that saw 5,500 venison burgers so

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