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    California Dairy Farms Convert Poop into Power

    Abbie Fentress Swanson is an independent radio reporter covering agriculture, food production, science, health and the environment. She recently started writing a book on the environmental impacts of meat production as part of a 2014-2015 Knight-Wallace fellowship.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 17, 2015 • 1 min read

    Abbie Fentress Swanson is an independent radio reporter covering agriculture, food production, science, health and the environment. She recently started writing a book on the environmental impacts of meat production as part of a 2014-2015 Knight-Wallace fellowship.

    In this story she travels to Northern California where dairy farmers are using methane digesters to convert creamery waste and cow manure into energy.

    Music: "Swimsuit"

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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