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Church discussed the applications of synthetic biology to increasing food, potable water, and fuel supplies. According to tweets from the event, he also talked about producing better pharmaceuticals and increasing viral resistance among humans and livestock...
Fastman, his wife Allison J. Fastman, and their housemate Blake R. Brasher—all co-owners of the birds—were issued a citation stating the illegality of owning a duck or chicken coop and growing livestock or fowl in Cambridge...
...their last months on feedlots, where they are stuffed with corn and soybeans. In the past few decades, the growth of these concentrated animal-feeding operations has resulted in millions of acres of grassland being abandoned or converted - along with vast swaths of forest - into profitable cropland for livestock feed. "Much of the carbon footprint of beef comes from growing grain to feed the animals, which requires fossil-fuel-based fertilizers, pesticides, transportation," says Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma. "Grass-fed beef has a much lighter carbon footprint." Indeed, although grass-fed cattle may produce more methane...
...Maine farm. "A vegetarian eating tofu made in a factory from soybeans grown in Brazil is responsible for a lot more CO2 than I am." A lifetime raising vegetables year-round has taught him to value the elegance of natural systems. Once he and Damrosch have brought in their livestock, they'll "be able to use the manure to feed the plants, and the plant waste to feed the animals," he says. "And even though we can't eat the grass, we'll be turning it into something...