# NARA: Rendering makes our food footprint smaller

> The National Hog Farmer reported that Kent Swisher testified last week before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on the sustainability benefits of rendering. Swisher said rendering recycles more than 56 billion pounds of meat and bone leftovers annually and reduces greenhouse gas emissions from alternative disposal.

- Date: 2022-07-20 · published 2022-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40615-nara-rendering-makes-our-food-footprint-smaller
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Rendering's climate benefits could support continued use of meat and bone meal in feed if policymakers weigh them. Any price effect would depend on future policy decisions rather than this testimony.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/livestock-management/nara-rendering-makes-our-food-footprint-smaller

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