Gregory County cartoonist Jo Johnson is not unfamiliar with the smell of cow poop. She rents pasture for cattle and crops—pasture, where cattle have room to roam and eat grass, the way nature intended (assuming you assign intent to a universe of quantum particles, but that’s another post).
Jo Johnson has not received any secret tax breaks from the state (as far as I know) for supporting grass-fed beef. She thinks the money we’re handing to confined animal feeding operations smells as bad as the pollution the CAFOs give us in return:
I think a CAFO at Mt. Rushmore would be appropriate. I could get behind that deal. The parking lot is big enough for it as well. When Chubby comes to visit (maybe if he ain’t in the hoosegow) he could be standing in as much bull crap as the rest of us have to endure with Crystal.
Well done, Ms. Johnson!
Concentrated animal feed operations are bad for the livestock and consumers. But since we demand cheap animal protein the industry will be subsidized by politicians who do not plan for the future. Make markets profitable no matter the consequences.
Who is that fellow behind the tree? Looks a bit like Tom Daschle. Could be Dempster, too. Might even be a figurative nameless representative like a lobbist or two I’ve seen.
Nailed it Cory!