Disclaimer: I am still an omnivore. But I am currently eating meat from my local food-shed. I am a locavore as someone else put it. I have also reduced my beef consumption by at least 50% in the last several months and will continue to do so.

Most of the waste products that are mentioned by the Fox reporter and the report are coming from CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feed Operations) where ten of thousands of animals are fattened up to the slaughter. When animals are raised as part of an integrated small farm these “waste” products are part of the bio-dynamic cycle, fertilizing the crops that are also grown on the farms.

But the real encouragement here is the appearance of this kind of information in the everyday media. Wow! There may be hope for us yet.

The meat complex: Fox News gets it, do you? | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist

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