Feedlots

PHOTOS: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Dan Imhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Imhoff

CAFOs are a perverse inversion of our idea of family farms with pigs rolling in the mud, cows grazing in pastures, roosters crowing from fence posts, and farmers interacting with the animals.

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Taco Bell's PR Is Way Outside the Bun!

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Gunther

I am not accusing Taco Bell of selling contaminated meat but merely pointing out that "blandness" is almost the least of your problems if you rely on feedlot animals or culled dairy cows for your beef.

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29 MILLION Pounds Of Antibiotics Given To Farm Animals In 2009

Marion Nestle at The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was interested to read FoodSafetyNews yesterday morning and learn about the FDA's new count of the number and pounds of antibiotics used to promote ...

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Putting Bison on Feedlots: Unnatural, Unnecessary, Unsafe

Andrew Gunther | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Factory Farms, Food Safety, Feedlots, E. Coli, Bison, Health, Bison Feedlots, Yellowstone, Buffalo, Slaughter, Rocky Mountain, Buffalo Guys, Natures Rancher, Healthy Living News
Andrew Gunther

Before this recall most people would have thought of bison as a safe, healthy meat from animals roaming the ranges of the West. We can now see all too well that this isn't the case.

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Food Safety in the US: We're on Red Alert

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Kimbrell

Illnesses caused by contaminated foods, which could be prevented with proper government oversight, are instead causing massive hospitalization and the deaths of thousands of Americans.

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Michael Pollan On Jonathan Safran Foer, Food Trucks, Nose-To-Tail, Salt, Sugar, His Last Three Meals, And More In Exclusive Interview (PHOTOS)

Colin Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Pollan On Safran Foer, Nose-To-Tail, Food Trucks, Salt, Sugar His Last Three Meals, And More (PHOTOS)

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