I firmly believe that the majority of the food justice issues facing the world are logistical in nature. I will address that, in depth, with another post. This post is to discuss our newest bit of data collection on the homestead: food waste. Along with poor distribution, food waste is a massive issue, environmentally and socially, when discussing food security. As we begin incorporating intentional, rotational plantings into our chicken pasture, we cannot overlook our own food waste. We have always placed our compost near our chickens to aid in the decomposition process, but now we want to consider a few, key questions.
1. How much food waste do we generate?
2. How much feed do our chickens consume?
3. How much does our compost offering offset our need for conventional feed?
4. How much forage do our chickens need to offset the conventional feed and compliment our compost offering?
We are beginning to collect this data and will continue to provide this information as it becomes available.
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