So, I have this assignment, I would prefer if the answer would be written in paragraph form. "How does the section "Beyond Greenhouse Gasses" contribute to the development of ideas in the text? Use details from the text to support your answer."

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Here is the section:
“I think it’s interesting,” Danielle Nierenberg said of the new study. She’s president of Food Tank, a food-policy organization based in Washington, D. C. Looking at greenhouse gases is important, she says. But, she adds, it’s just one of many environmental costs of foods.

“The more we think about what we’re eating, and food’s role in sustainability or in climate change, that’s a good thing,” she says. But, she adds, “more needs to be done to be sure that we’re capturing everything.” By that she means scientists want to be sure that they are not missing important environmental “costs” of producing food.

Those costs may have to do with the resources. Some crops are water hogs, which can be a problem in areas with little rain. Others may require a lot of processing — using water and plenty of expensive energy — to clean, cook-up, package or deliver foods to grocery shoppers.

And then there are a range of less visible environmental problems. Animals may harden the soils, making the land less likely to soak up water when it rains. Often farmers rely on weed killers and pest killers to improve the size of their crop harvests. Many of those chemicals can be toxic to wildlife and people. Some fertilizers can pollute groundwater. Plowing fields can lead to erosion. That can diminish the fertility of soils.

Finally, Nierenberg notes, even for meat, “not all meat is created equal.” Some farmers pen cattle in feedlots to fatten them quickly. This requires feeding them an unnatural diet and releases a lot of animal wastes (poop and pee) into a small area. In contrast, some farmers graze their cattle on pastures. Allowing the animals to eat grass and over a broad expanse of land helps ensure that the soil is protected and that native plants are not trampled to death.

There can also be a similar range of environmental differences in the way plant-based foods are farmed. Some can be less wasteful and less polluting than others.

Scarborough’s team took a good first step in tallying costs, Nierenberg says. But, she argues, more details will be needed about how foods are grown to truly know which foods — or farm practices — take the biggest toll on Earth’s total environment.