WATCH: Poop-to-fuel — the latest on US manure digesters

Aaron Smith, a leading expert on the economics of manure digesters, discusses how large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in the US are increasingly turning waste into fuel and what the future holds for this nascent industry.

Smith, the Gordon Rausser distinguished chair and professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley, sits down with TNL managing editor Brian Bienkowski to talk about state and federal incentives for manure digesters, as well as pollution and consolidation concerns.

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