no, not anything to do with poultry welfare!!
but, rather, a new method of generating electricity by burning poultry manure (and litter).
according to the NYTimes; Minnesota has completed construction of a $200 million dollar power plant that burns turkey litter. there are even some nice pictures on the FOXnews site. the power plant is buying manure from farmers for $3 to $7 a ton, depending on the quality! i'm not sure of the current price of shavings; but, i'll check!
there is some controversy about the amount of power currently being produced.
more to the point, not everyone is convinced of the ecological sanity of the new technology.
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