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Can factory chicken really help save the climate?

Chicken has the smallest carbon footprint of any meat, according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), less than half the two kilos of CO2 produced for a kilo of pork, and 30 times less than that of beef.

A worker walks next to chicks in a "Ross 308" chicken farm for the Mcdonald's fast-food restaurant chain in Forges-de-Lanouee, western France, on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Stephane Dahirel doesn't exactly say eat chicken and save the planet, but that is what he's hinting at as he opens a shed door on his intensive farm

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