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My Beef With School Food

Amy Kalafa | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living


Amy Kalafa

The shocking Humane Society video is educational in a negative way. We need an educational system that teaches kids positive lessons about food -- sourcing, preparation, nutrition, marketing and politics.

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?

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?

USDA Admits There's "No Magic Bullet" To Preventing Meat Contamination

New York Times | Andrew Martin | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business


Late last month, the Agriculture Department announced its 20th recall of beef this year because of contamination with a toxic strain of the bacterium ...

Topps Meat Shuts Down After Huge Beef Recall

AP | Jeffrey Gold | Posted 10.05.2007 | Business


Topps Meat Co. on Friday said it was closing its business, six days after it was forced to issue the second-largest beef recall in U.S. history and 67...

Dole Recalls Bagged Salads For E. Coli Risk

AP | Posted 09.18.2007 | Business


A division of Dole Food Co. issued an international recall of bagged salad Monday after a sample taken from a store in Canada tested positive for E. c...