Eat Less of the Cow and More of What the Cow Eats

Decades ago, a professor told Peter to eat less meat and more plants. It might have taken 30 years, but now this message is coming from all different directions. On a recent trip to KFC, Peter tried their plant-based alternative-chicken products and mostly enjoyed it. There are more options today, but there are also more ways to grow crops today. Michelle and Peter explore opportunities for animal feed production in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). Can indoor, commercial-scale feed production reduce the land required by agriculture, reduce the water needed, and have a positive environmental impact? Michelle shares her research on alfalfa production in the American Southwest and the opportunity for animal agriculture to drive new CEA innovation that would help all growers.