Las Vegas Livestock: Community-based Solution to Organic Waste

About this episode

Sarah Stallard discusses her family's partnership with Republic Services to address organic waste through hog farming in Las Vegas.

Sarah Stallard is a 7th generation farmer who came to work with her uncles on a new farm near Las Vegas Nevada raising hogs. The farm is in partnership with the local waste and recycling company Republic Services. They lease the land from Republic Services and use food waste to feed the hogs. She says the partnership was formed “to help find a solution to organic waste." The family had always fed food scraps as pigs “are not picky about what food scraps” they eat. Sarah des...

People in this episode

Guest: Sarah Stallard

Topics covered

• organic waste
• farming
• sustainability
• community solutions
• livestock

Keywords

• organic waste
• hogs
• food scraps
• sustainability
• farming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Republic Services

Places: Las Vegas, Nevada

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