It’s a scene he’s gotten used to, but not one he’s happy about. On summer days, the smell of chickens and manure often drifts across his community from the farm near his property, Blackmon says. When ...

To gather enough to fuel the system, the Sensenigs collaborate with neighboring farms to collect manure from pigs and chickens while also receiving food waste from local groceries. Watch the video ...

How does a modern intensive chicken farm work? Contrary to some outdated ideas, intensive chicken farms do not cram chickens into stack upon stack of filthy cages. Farms like Peter Kendall’s in ...