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Lynne Peeples

Are You Eating Flame Retardants With Your Peanut Butter And Jelly?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.31.2012

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Nothing says "lunch time" to an American kid quite like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Slices of deli meat might be a close second. Unbeknownst t...

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This Little Piggy Went To Market: Where Does Your Meat Come From?

Jamie Schler | Posted 05.29.2012

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Jamie Schler

With the worry that American beef is pumped up with hormones and who knows what else, maybe it is time Americans are taught where the food on their plates comes from.

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Farming Better, Eating Better: On the Ground Solutions From the Growing Green Awards

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.23.2012

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Peter Lehner

Brown succeeds because he loves his work, he loves his land, and he believes that by making his ranch more sustainable, he's doing the right thing, for his family and his faith.

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Study Links Eating Meat With Perception Of Manliness

Posted 05.17.2012

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If you've ever wondered why fewer men tend to embrace vegetarian lifestyles than women, a new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research may ...

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Ethics of Eating Meat

Paul Schwennesen | Posted 05.14.2012

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Paul Schwennesen

Asking whether eating meat is "ethical" is like asking whether having sex is ethical. Biological imperatives do not pander to such arbitrary distinctions.

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Mobile Slaughterhouses Help Meat Go Local

Katherine Gustafson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Katherine Gustafson

The meat industry, like much else in U.S. agriculture, has consolidated rapidly over the last half-century. Four giant companies produced 83.5 percent of U.S. beef as of 2007. It is in this context that the mobile slaughterhouse makes local slaughter available and affordable to small farmers.

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Confessions of a Meat Addict

Steve Heilig | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: New York Times the Ethicist, Veganism, Peter Singer, Michael Pollan, Vegetarianism, Meat, Jonathan Safran Foer, Food News
Steve Heilig

The New York Times Magazine's "Ethicist" just held an essay contest with the theme, "Is it ethical to eat meat?" The judges were an all-star roster fr...

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'Pink Slime' Maker To Shut Down 3 Plants Over Uproar

AP | GRANT SCHULTE | Posted 05.09.2012

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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Beef Products Inc. will close processing plants in three states this month because of the controversy surrounding its meat product th...

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The Countries That Eat The Most And Least Meat

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 05.04.2012

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Of all the countries in the world, which consumes the most meat per person? The answer might surprise you. "Nope, it's not the burger-loving U.S. ...

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Mad Cow Located At Hanford, Calif. Transfer Station

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

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HANFORD, Calif. -- A senior manager with a California rendering company said Tuesday a cow at its Hanford, Calif., transfer station tested positive fo...

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Mad Cow Case Confirmed In California

Posted 04.25.2012

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The USDA has confirmed that a case of mad cow disease was found in a California dairy cow. It is the fourth case of mad cow, or bovine spongiform en...

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Lawry's The Prime Rib: In L.A., Even the Restaurants are Theatrical

Mark C. Miller | Posted 04.16.2012

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Mark C. Miller

The beef is carved right before your eyes -- sort of like Benihana's, only much slower and if you try to pick up one of these cuts of meat with chopsticks, chances are the most you'd get is a hernia.

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The Problem With The American Steakhouse

Josh Ozersky on Time.com | Posted 04.11.2012

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As a committed carnivore, I feel strongly that a steakhouse is the last place anybody who really loves beef should go. I don’t write this as a food ...

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The Case for Eating 'Mostly Plants,' in 260 Words

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

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David Katz, M.D.

Eating some meat, preferably from lean, well-fed, well-exercised, and kindly tended animals is assuredly consistent with human health. But the health of humans and the planet argue consistently for Michael Pollan's excellent and pithy advice: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.

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PETA Bringing 3D Meat Industry Experience to Campuses

Ryan Huling | Posted 04.05.2012

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Ryan Huling

Starting this fall, peta2 -- the student division of PETA -- will be launching peta2's Glass Walls Exhibit: 3D, the world's first traveling 3D factory...

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Pink Slime Outrage Is Not a Vegetarian Plot

Michele Simon | Posted 04.03.2012

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Michele Simon

During the weekend, the meat industry hosted a massive picnic in Iowa (with what else, free burgers) to show its support for Beef Products Inc, maker of the filler. The event was held, fittingly, at the Tyson Events Center.

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BPI's Response to Outrage Over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-shirt

Michele Simon | Posted 04.02.2012

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Michele Simon

Blaming the media for exposing this questionable process to the light of day is a textbook corporate move. When you'd rather not answer the hard questions just deflect attention by placing blame elsewhere.

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A Populace Pink Slimed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.02.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

Politicians insisted that identifying slimed beef is not necessary, or even wise, because the fabricated-sans-fat-smashed-meat-scraps-seasoned-with-ammonia mixture is more nutritious. They chose to champion not consumers but slime producers. The reason is obvious.

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Eat the Stars

Justin Strawhand | Posted 06.01.2012

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Justin Strawhand

If the existential slicing and dicing of pork from pig answers the ethical objections to meat-eating, can there be any real objection to the cultivation and consumption of vat-grown people meat?

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10 Suggestions for Female Judges for NY Times' "Ethical Meat" Contest

Michele Simon | Posted 05.26.2012

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Michele Simon

Yesterday, I wrote about how the New York Times' contest for meat eaters is great PR for the meat industry. Upon sending that missive to the Times, I ...

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'Pink Slime' Maker Shuts Down 3 Of 4 Plants

AP | BETSY BLANEY | Posted 05.26.2012

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LUBBOCK, Texas — The maker of "pink slime" suspended operations Monday at all but one plant where the beef ingredient is made, acknowledging rec...

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Let's Not Give in to Beef Industry "Slimewashing"

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 05.20.2012

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Bettina Elias Siegel

The beef industry is pushing back hard in the last few days against opposition to Lean Beef Trimmings, better known as "pink slime."

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Debate: Can It Be More Ethical To Eat Meat?

Kitchen Daily | Posted 03.20.2012

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We all have to eat, so it's the debate that never ends -- is it more socially responsible to kill and eat animals, or to rely on a vegetarian diet? ...

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Whistleblower to Maker of Pink Slime: 'Quit Harassing Me'

Michele Simon | Posted 05.18.2012

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Michele Simon

All the hullaballoo reminded me of a dramatic talk I witnessed about a year ago on this very topic.

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USDA to Americans: You'll Eat Pink Slime Whether You Want It or Not

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 05.19.2012

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Nancy Huehnergarth

The USDA's announcement that school districts will be able to opt out of an ammonium-hydroxide treated ground beef filler known as both Lean Finely Textured Beef and "pink slime" is not exactly inspiring confidence.

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