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Nevada Pig Farmer Relishes Role As Recycler Science

John Glionna | LA Times | 18th April 2013
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Classic local reporting. Dirty work in Las Vegas. “With a satisfied grin, farmer Bob Combs watches the big truck slowly dump its greasy load, a Niagara Falls of yesterday’s kitchen leftovers that sends off a sickening spray. Just 24 hours earlier, these food scraps, albeit in more appetizing form, were served up to customers at all-you-can-eat buffets on and off the Strip. Now a new, less finicky clientele awaits: 2,500 pigs on Combs’ hog farm” (1,843 words)

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