Construction Industrial Agriculture Manure 
Civil Eats
MARCH 13, 2024
In 2017, Larry Stone heard whispers about construction taking place near his home in Clayton County, Iowa. The idea, the manager explained, was that Supreme Beef would run a feedlot, and Feeder Creek would supply a biodigester, a machine that would process manure and capture the resulting methane to be sold as energy.
Civil Eats
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The proposed CAFO would hold 2,400 pigs and produce as much manure equivalent as a town of nearly 7,000 people. For example, she describes how the agricultural industry backed state Right to Farm laws that limit residents’ ability to file nuisance actions against CAFOs once they’re up and running. regardless of who is in power.
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