Manure Magic

The World

Dealing with large amounts of manure on industrial livestock farms has never been easy, environmentally sustainable, or profitable, but that’s starting to change. Living on Earth’s Ashley Ahearn reports on a growing industry that capitalizes on the power of cow and pig poop.

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