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  chicken manure

  That is EXACTLY what local farmers do, they spread the manure from the chicken houses on their fields instead of expensive manufactured fertilizer!  I'm telling you there have been chicken houses in this area for decades and decades. The increase in population and the portion of the population that have built houses to the waterline are the problem..not the chickens.On NYT: Maryland poultry CAFOs snuff out Chesapeake oyster industry posted 11 months, 4 weeks ago 8 Responses

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  chickens on the bay

  Chicken production is not the problem...its all the people who have moved here and put houses along the shore.  At one time no one lived near the water because there was no flood insurance. NOW there are houses all along the coastline, with green(fertilized)lawns. There are more people living in the area than ever before in history. The area cannot handle that kind of population. As for the drop in watermen, that drop is not necessarily a drop in crabs. I've talked to watermen this year who say there are more crabs than ever, but have quit because of incleased costs and regulations. The crab population is determined by how many are caught. If no one is out there fishing them....of course there appears to be less. Oysters were infected with disease years ago that killed off their population, even before the number of chicken farms that are operating now. Yes, I agree we should grow food on a smaller more humane scale, but don't tilt the facts to get us there.  If these chicken farms all shut down, no one in this country would be eating chicken once a week. On NYT: Maryland poultry CAFOs snuff out Chesapeake oyster industry posted 12 months ago 8 Responses