For most of the past year, pork producers have been studying their carbon footprint and have learned some important and interesting information: manure management plays a large role in carbon emissions, transportation plays a minor role, processors are efficient and more than 25 per cent of pork’s footprint occurs at the retail store and home levels.These are the early findings of a pork checkoff-funded study by environmental specialists at the University of Arkansas that were recently reported by Dr Gregory Thoma, a professor in the university’s department of agriculture chemical engineering.
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