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Inishmacsaint in Farm Week 14 years 4 months ago #1

A recent edition of Farm Week (I never miss it) had a feature on Inishmacsaint. Gordon sent me the PDF and it's here[/url:omwg84ly].

It has to be said: using grain-fed animal dung as biofuel to power the brewery is pretty damn impressive.

Inishmacsaint in Farm Week 14 years 4 months ago #2

The problem with this on a large scale is that grain fed animals, beef especially, is seen as an inferior product. And I know the culinary type Americans I've talked to have much prefer our grass fed beef to their own. Also, grain fed animals are much more associated with factory farming rather than pasture farming. It allows the farmer to pack animals into sheds. This in turn means that the animals are in too close a proximity and disease becomes an issue, so they get pumped full of anti-biotics, which is one of the biggest concerns in the world wide food industry at the moment. So while it's admirable for a small farmer who wishes to be economical, I'd be wary of this if I ever saw it coming from a very large commercial entity purely because grain fed animals' manure is associated with unhealthy animals.

Fair play to yer man though. He seems to be running a "total business." With every output of his process feeding in as an input to another part of his business.

Inishmacsaint in Farm Week 14 years 4 months ago #3

Perfect for pigs though? Since they are eating all kinds of stuff and don't roam pastures green.

Inishmacsaint in Farm Week 14 years 4 months ago #4

And pigs usually shite in the same place so ya dont have follow a cow around with a shovel <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Inishmacsaint in Farm Week 14 years 4 months ago #5

Not an expert but will pig shit actually burn?

Re: Inishmacsaint in Farm Week 14 years 4 months ago #6

&amp;quot;Saruman&amp;quot;:t3xjmy7s wrote: Perfect for pigs though? Since they are eating all kinds of stuff and don't roam pastures green.[/quote:t3xjmy7s]

I suppose. Ill ask my farmer bud tonight. Although I think the point of that bit if the article was that nothing is wasted on his farm. Everything feeds into another process, etc.

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