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Could waste coffee grounds be the next novel feed for cows?

The results are expected to be announced at the World Rural Forum's Global Conference on sustainable food systems in Spain.
Could waste coffee grounds be the next novel feed for cows?

Including coffee grounds in cattle feed could reduce emissions by as much as 25%, early research suggests.

It was probably inevitable that researchers and Eurocrats would get around to wondering how to "green" their coffee-drinking habits.

Hence the LIFE ECOFFEED project to develop, demonstrate and implement a sustainable solution for upgrading coffee by-products as a feed ingredient for livestock.

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