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Livestock Manure Waste-to-Energy Potential and Most Sustainable Use in North-American Midwest Cattle Farms Alina Hong Gregoire Mazars Matthew Garamella Oliver Schwartz 1 Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………………….……...3 Introduction / Background…………………………………………………...……….3 Use of manure as fertilizer…………………………………………...………………..4 Use of manure as waste-to-energy...…………………………..……………………7 Anaerobic digestion……………………………………………………………………….8 Combustion………………………………………………………………………………

Meat; Killing the World We Live In We’ve all heard environmentalists explain what global warming is, why it’s dangerous, and what we can do to stop it. People protest against auto emissions and fossil fuel daily. “ But the one industry that produces more greenhouse gases than all the SUV’s, cars, ships, planes, and trucks in the world combined, has carefully avoided scrutiny” (Goveg.com). Often overlooked in environmental destruction is the meat industry. This industry has a major source of deforestation

If there is a corn farm there are less animals, people & a variety of other crops due to innovations, gov’t nudging lowered corn prices, & more factory farmed animals. The less people & animals are required to run a corn farm Pg. 40 -50 gallons of oil per acre of corn was used!! Pg.46 Ammon Nitrate is poisonous to our environment &water Pg.47 New Deal Farm Programs Farmers took out gov’t loans when corn prices dropped -There is such an oversupply of corn that

a variety of locations. In Chapter 4, Pollan’s journey leads him to Garden City, Kansas, in a feedlot. Pollan makes several contrasts between systems that produce food without problems and systems that produce food problematically. In each case, he concludes that the feedlot has produced more problems than solutions. Pollan attempts to track down what happens to the corn that is not sent to the feedlot. He discovers that much of it goes to the processing plants. Pollan diferrentiates between traditional

elle Animal slaughter Horses Congress opened up funding to the united states inspectors which ends up a window for horses to be killed. Every year also approximately 150,000 horses are being slaughtered every year. 24 horses are put in a horse transporter at a time to be taken to a slaughterhouse. In texas and illinois facility killed and proceed 90,000 for human consumption. In conclusion many of horse are suffering and dieing for consumption. Horse meat sales have declined over time but has become

When we mention about farm, most of us have this image of a vast green pasture where farmers spend most of their time herding livestock but that idyllic picture is just a thing from the past. Since the 1930s in America, small farms started to wither away, made way to bigger and highly mechanized factory farms. It all traced back to McDonalds and the booming of fast food restaurants (Food, Inc 2008). Fast food restaurants had become successful because they could produce tasty food with cheaper cost

Imagine living in a society where slavery still exists. People of power take ownership of others of lower status, having complete control over this individual. Believe it or not, this is still happening today. Not all with humans, but animals, which are raised in overcrowding confinement in poor living conditions which prepare them for arrival in our stomachs. Many make the argument that consuming meat is natural and necessary for survival, but it’s not. Not only should we allow nonhuman animals

In the garden of life, we are flowers that grow and bloom not only from the sunshine we get, but also from the nutrition we receive. As a human being, healthy food is the most important source that nurture our body and help us achieve a happy life. Activist and author Michael Pollan, wrote “Farmer in Chief”, published in 2008 in the New York Times, and he argues that food policy is not sufficiently addressed by our government. By using concreate language, reputable sources from experts in the food

southforkAngus.com.au - Angus Beef Cattle Barns: Factors to Consider Before Starting Your Own Before investing and operating Angus beef cattle barns, you need to gain certain knowledge and skills, and understand all the responsibilities such a venture involves for you. For example of the latter, a herd of cattle requires ongoing daily care to grow, thrive and reproduce in the proper manner. If you think that you can just sit back and relax to make your venture successful, do not start raising cattle

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE THREATS in the United States, 2013 (pp. 11-14, 24-40, 61-62, 71-72, Rep.). (n.d.). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved October 16, 2017, from https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/pdf/ar-threats-2013-508.pdf. Avant, S. (2012). Strategies that work: Alternatives to antibiotics in animal health. Agricultural Research, 60(5), 4-7. Retrieved from https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/ar/archive/2012/may/animal0512