Cows

The Forgotten Extinction: Heritage Livestock

Jenna Woginrich | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green


Jenna Woginrich

Due to the assembly line style of meat production, the animals we eat have dwindled to a small number of industrial-strength breeds.

Sex With Cows: Brazilian Man Is Cow Casanova, Violates 400

The Sun | Vince Soodin | Posted 08.05.2008 | Home


A TWISTED oddball with an insatiable animal fetish was arrested after allegedly having sex with 400 cows. The 53-year-old cleaner told police he did ...

Scandal Surrounding The FDA, Cows' Tooting, And A Monsanto Hormone

Greenwash Brigade | Heidi Siegelbaum | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green


What a riot! How complex is a story about: * The genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, somatotropin, trade name Posilac... * which is...

Cows That Chew Cashews May Burp 90 Percent Less Methane

Reuters | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green


TOKYO (Reuters) - The cast offs from snacking on cashews may help fight global warming caused by animals that belch methane. Tests in Japan have show...

The Venus Syndrome (Part One)

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 06.09.2008 | Green


Patrick Takahashi

It turns out that there is another greenhouse gas, methane, that shows promise for becoming the doomsday gas.

Hold the Methane: Grass Innovation Means Gas Free Cows

World Changing | Julia Steinberger | Posted 06.03.2008 | Green


A recent innovation from scientists in Australia and New Zealand offers hope for humans to continue our love affair with meat and dairy products. The ...

Paris Notebook: A Day at the Salon d'Agriculture

Elizabeth Bard | Posted 03.04.2008 | Living


Elizabeth Bard

In France, the Salon d'Agriculture is a huge event -- imagine fashion week, but with fuzzier chicks.

Turn Your Head and Barf: What Happens When the USDA Looks the Other Way

Elissa Altman | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living


Elissa Altman

Had the Humane Society not released the animal cruelty videos, would the practice of mass processing sick cattle into "food" have ever been questioned or brought to the fore?

Largest Beef Recall, Ever. Now, Real Change?

Anna Lappé | Posted 02.21.2008 | Living


Anna Lappé

How has the beef industry gotten away with such disregard for animal welfare, human health, and the environment?

Teach Your Children Well

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living


Raymond Leon Roker

Through the grainy lens of an undercover camera, the world can see the true origins of that burger, steak or Nike shoe.

No Cow Left Behind

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

Industrial livestock production relies on the systemic abuse of cows, pigs, chickens, and the workers who process them. When did Americans develop such a taste for torture, anyway?

Undercover Video Shows Abuse Of Sick Cows By Meat Packing Company

CBS News | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business


Undercover video shows sickened cows, too weak to walk, being jabbed with forklift blades, kicked, shocked and even sprayed in the face with powerful ...

CA Slaughterhouse Zaps Cows Too Weak To Stand

Washington Post | Rick Weiss | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business


Video footage being released today shows workers at a California slaughterhouse delivering repeated electric shocks to cows too sick or weak to stand ...


 

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