Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Sustainable Agriculture
Indiana farmer's pig pens are study in sustainability
FILLMORE, Ind., Jan. 6, 2004 (Associated Press, via Heart of the Earth & ENN) By Chris Sundheim — Hogs on Mark Legan's farm produce heaps of waste, filling large chambers beneath his barns. But his neighbors are unlikely to know they share the countryside with so much manure. Legan's property smells only faintly of animal waste. Birds and other wildlife abound in the fields near an open-air manure pit. And each summer, his crops display a carpet of bright green leaves that stretches for acres. Read more
Indiana farmer's pig pens are study in sustainability
FILLMORE, Ind., Jan. 6, 2004 (Associated Press, via Heart of the Earth & ENN) By Chris Sundheim — Hogs on Mark Legan's farm produce heaps of waste, filling large chambers beneath his barns. But his neighbors are unlikely to know they share the countryside with so much manure. Legan's property smells only faintly of animal waste. Birds and other wildlife abound in the fields near an open-air manure pit. And each summer, his crops display a carpet of bright green leaves that stretches for acres. Read more
