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	<title><![CDATA[California Dreamin' Becoming Reality]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-markarian/california-dreamin-becomi_b_217774.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>When California voters <a href="http://www.hsus.org/farm/news/ournews/prop2_california_110408.html">overwhelmingly approved Proposition 2</a> last November, banning the extreme confinement of animals on industrial factory farms, they sent the message loud and clear that all animals deserve humane treatment -- including animals raised for food. </p><p><a href="http://hslf.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fa1b0a1883401157120d842970b-pi" style="float: right;"><img alt="Calf_istockphoto" border="0" class="at-xid-6a00e54fa1b0a1883401157120d842970b " src="http://hslf.typepad.com/.a/6a00e54fa1b0a1883401157120d842970b-800wi" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="Calf_istockphoto" /></a> Eight months later, that vote is having ripple effects around the country, as retailers adopt corporate policies to curb factory farm abuses, and other states...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Green]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-17T15:41:00-04:00</date_published>
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