Does a Wind-Powered Butcher Cancel Out Meat’s Carbon Footprint?
A Michigan butcher says that having his own wind-power plant could have a positive long-term economic benefit and help to ensure the future sustainability of his family business.
Earl Bosch, owner of Earl’s Meats in Holland, Michigan, says he wouldn’t consider himself an environmentalist, but he also says he is looking to alternative energy to power his meat cutting shop.
He’s not your typical green-power enthusiast. He’s 54 year-old butcher with 35 years in the industry, not a treehugging vegetarian. But he’s starting to see the light.
Bosch has already purchased solar panels for the roof, and now he’s ready to invest $140,000 in wind turbines in order to fully power his business from green energy sources.
