Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, 2012
Drove around Amarillo at night and took pictures. I drove to the feed lot got out of the car and took pictures. It smelled very bad. There was fog coming off of the ground from the manure.
I was very nervous because it can be illegal (industry may try to sue) to take pictures of feedlots by food libel laws. In most cases thus far, people like Oprah Winfrey, exposed feedlots and convinced people not to eat meat. Therefore, if people knew what they were eating they may not eat it. Specifically for this project, it is more about the amount of water that feedlots are consuming. Cows drink about 15-20 gallons of water per day and average feedlots have around 1,000 head of cattle. The largest feedlots that have over 1,000 head of cattle which make up 5% produce 80% of the beef (Cattlemen's Beef Association). The cattle are not an efficient source of food production in this location. However, ranching is one of the oldest professions in the region and it is a livelihood.
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