I'm doing some research for a paper that I hope to get published and recognized by folks like Michael Pollan. It's basically a damning of industrialized beef production and championing of locally produced animal proteins. Here is something to whet your appetite and tell you why I think this is sooooo important: 80% of the US beef supply is controlled by 4 companies. Sound familiar? This is seriously fucked up.
also, there is this:
    
  also, there is this:
      rustyoutlaw:
      
      
      
    
  Go you!
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  That paper sounds like it's going to be a lot of work, but I'm sure you'll pull it off exceptionally. (: