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When dealing with CAFOs (confined animal feedlot operations), Americans need the whole story. To be blunt, we need the poop, the whole poop, and nothing but the poop.
To see why, let's turn our attention to a Maryland chicken farm and a giant pile of...something. Read more...
When I started following Jake Schultz on Twitter, and reading his tweets about his urban chicken coop, I figured he lived somewhere warm and chicken-friendly. But as tweets went by, I realized, no, he was in the Upper Midwest. Then I realized, no, he was in my town, right here in Minneapolis. So I contacted him and realized, wow, he lives about 8 blocks from me. Read more...
Jill Richardson, over at La Vida Locavore, is procrastinating on her book, and, accordingly, blogging up a storm. Well, her delay is our gain! She reports today that Mexico is is suspending US imports of meat.
From the goblueridge.net article that Jill cites:
According to the Associated Press, other companies that will be affected by this move are Tyson Foods, Inc., Cargill Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc., and Swift Foods Inc.
The ban could greatly affect Tyson because high feed prices have already strained its profits and Mexico represented 23 percent of its international sales in 2008. Read more...
