Comments on: Flip: Interactively Documenting Factory Farms http://modeshift.org/419/flip-interactively-documenting-factory-farms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flip-interactively-documenting-factory-farms Chronicling the American Transition Mon, 14 May 2012 12:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JTH http://modeshift.org/419/flip-interactively-documenting-factory-farms/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 JTH Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:25:11 +0000 http://modeshift.org/?p=224#comment-1685 Keith My humble opinion ... yes We discussed this at some TBEDC meeting with regards to proposed site south of TC Also: http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/features.asp?id=2617 Scroll down to sidebar "The Poop on Animal Factories" "CAFOs and ethanol refineries go hand in hand because livestock eat the corn byproduct produced by the refineries." That’s relevant here because a company with plans to build a refinery in McBain is now talking to several farm operations about setting up operations, according to Rick Johnson, a partner with NextGen Energy LLC of Livonia, Michigan. “We’ll take [the corn byproduct] offsite if we have to, but we’d prefer not to do that,” he said. My humble opinion on ethanol: scrap protection for Florida Sugar, allow imports from Brazil. Corn ethanol is for the Iowa caucus... Ciao Chip Keith
My humble opinion … yes

We discussed this at some TBEDC meeting with regards to proposed site south of TC

Also:
http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/features.asp?id=2617
Scroll down to sidebar “The Poop on Animal Factories”

“CAFOs and ethanol refineries go hand in hand because livestock eat the corn byproduct produced by the refineries.”
That’s relevant here because a company with plans to build a refinery in McBain is now talking to several farm operations about setting up operations, according to Rick Johnson, a partner with NextGen Energy LLC of Livonia, Michigan.
“We’ll take [the corn byproduct] offsite if we have to, but we’d prefer not to do that,” he said.

My humble opinion on ethanol: scrap protection for Florida Sugar, allow imports from Brazil.
Corn ethanol is for the Iowa caucus…

Ciao
Chip

]]> By: Keith Schneider http://modeshift.org/419/flip-interactively-documenting-factory-farms/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Keith Schneider Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:29:16 +0000 http://modeshift.org/?p=224#comment-1683 Chip, interesting assertion. So this is another potential downside of the ethanol craze? Keith Chip, interesting assertion. So this is another potential downside of the ethanol craze? Keith

]]> By: JTH http://modeshift.org/419/flip-interactively-documenting-factory-farms/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 JTH Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:21:43 +0000 http://modeshift.org/?p=224#comment-1679 Excellent piece Another aspect : look into corn ethanol projects. Byproduct of the process is low quality cattle feed. It is most economical to place a feedlot next to the ethanol plant rather than incur shipping costs. Result : groundwater contamination. Ethanol process needs water, manure waste contaminates it. www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=2740 "water efficiency of three to six gallons of water used per gallon of ethanol produced." On this one I'll say NIMBY I'll try for free range proteins Excellent piece

Another aspect : look into corn ethanol projects.
Byproduct of the process is low quality cattle feed.
It is most economical to place a feedlot next to the ethanol plant rather than incur shipping costs. Result : groundwater contamination.

Ethanol process needs water, manure waste contaminates it.
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=2740

“water efficiency of three to six gallons of water used per gallon of ethanol produced.”

On this one I’ll say NIMBY

I’ll try for free range proteins

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