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		mindok 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in g... Cow poo and periodic trampling are an incredibly important part of topsoil development in a number of ecosystems - eg prairies.

danielbln 4 months ago [–]

Sure, but most beef farming is mass scale factory farming. Framing it as "it's good for prairies" is a little disingenuous.

burnt-resistor 4 months ago | [–]

A lot disingenuous. A CAFO lot.[0] That's how most cows are raised.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_animal_feeding_op...

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