[lbo-talk] from a Missouri farmer

Andy F andy274 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 18 10:27:02 PDT 2006


On 7/18/06, Colin Brace <cb at lim.nl> wrote:
> [bon appetit...]


> We found out shortly after that they are now purchasing chicken litter
> from poultry operations and they are feeding the chicken manure in wood
> shavings to the cattle. Yep, that's right. They are feeding chicken shit
> to the cattle. Makes you want to run right out and get a Big Mac.

Feeding chicken poop to cattle is noted as standard practice (at least in the US) in _Omnivore's Dilemma_ and other sources.

They feed rendered animal product to herbivores, so why not shit, too?

Fuckin' circle of life.

-- Andy



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