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The Kindest CutWhich meat harms our planet the least?

By Nina Shen RastogiPosted Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 6:54 AM ET

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Correction, May 7, 2009: The original version of this paragraph gave the pounds of manure produced by each animal in a year, instead of over the lifetime of the animal. (Return to the corrected sentence.)

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Nina Shen Rastogi is a writer and editor in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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