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CAFO?:No! MUSHROOMS!

 
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This guy was a pig farmer and kept being squeezed out by Big Meat in his CAFO. He felt bad about animal cruelty, health and polluton. The he switched to growing mushrooms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/climate/hog-farm-iowa-rewild.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU4.rG4P.0rXSS5LIjeum&smid=url-share

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Awesome, great article! Thanks for sharing. Factory farming is destroying small towns along with our overconsumption of meat.
 
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