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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

His curiosity eventually landed Stone a tour of the project: Walz Energy, a joint venture between a cattle-feeding operation and an energy company. We need at least 10,000 cows to get enough manure for the amount of methane we want to generate,’” Stone said. Each year, animals in CAFOs produce twice as much waste as the entire U.S.

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‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest Dairy District

Modern Farmer

But thirsty crops and cattle have taken their toll: Amid California’s cycles of drought, excessive groundwater pumping has left Central Valley basins the most overdrafted in the state. She points to wide-scale implementation of anaerobic digesters, which capture methane from sealed manure lagoons to create biogas.

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Across Farm Country, Fertilizer Pollution Impacts Not Just Health, but Water Costs, Too

Civil Eats

The other main factor, manure, is also increasing as CAFOs become more prevalent. Nancy Utesch and her husband, Lynn, live on 150 acres of land in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, where they rotationally graze beef cattle. Commercial fertilizer is just one contributor to high nitrate levels in groundwater. coli poisoning in their water. “A

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Reviews: Food and farming in film 2023

Sustainable Food Trust

The film unravels some of the issues that have driven our present-day problems, and points to a way forward that draws on the time-honoured practices of mixed rotational farming, eschewing extractive industrial food production for a more hopeful, sustainable future. Film poster courtesy of Mystic Arts. on Amazon Prime/Apple TV/iTunes.

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Inside Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat

Modern Farmer

Here in Wauchula, a small farming town in Central Florida, cattle ranching is king. We’re here today to sign the bill that continues our commitment to having a vibrant agriculture industry,” DeSantis announced. The goal is to get to a point where you will not be raising cattle.”

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

Meg Wilcox You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: And Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company By Maisie Ganzler Many, many years ago, I spent a long time covering the world of sustainable business practices. Additionally, they say, children must have a voice in policymaking.

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