Factory Farms

The Best Medicine on TV

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Pets, Agriculture, Food Safety, Veterinary Medicine, Prop 2, Farm Animals, Animals, California, Factory Farms, Veterinarians, Entertainment News

The YES! on Prop 2 campaign launched two new television ads this week in California, showing voters statewide the cruelties of factory farming.

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Price-Fixing By Egg Producers Alleged in Pennsylvania Lawsuit

Forbes | Maryclaire Dale | Posted 10.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Price-Fixing, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Factory Farms, Pennsylvania, Food Prices, New York, Green News

PHILADELPHIA - A New York restaurant has filed a potential class-action suit over alleged price-fixing in the egg industry, days after the Justice Dep...

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California Schemin'

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Farming, The Humane Society, Factory Farming, Humane Society, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Prop 2, Animals, California, Humane Society of the United States, Proposition 2, Industrial Agriculture, Local Farmers, Living News

The nation's largest egg producer is also one of the dirtiest; It has been cited numerous times for spilling chicken manure and chicken parts into rivers and streams.

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Is Locally Grown Food Going Corporate?

Laura Weiss | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Long Island, Organic Farming, Whole Foods, Manhattan, Eating Organic, Worldwatch Institute, Sustainable Food, Agriculture, Factory Farms, Food, Edible East End, New York City, Green News

If locally grown veggies are packed in plastic tubs, crammed into trucks, and shipped off to grocery stores, how different are they from any other produce section offering?

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My Beef With School Food

Amy Kalafa | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Two Angry Moms, Animal Rights, Humane Society, Westland/Hallmark Meat Co, Beef, School Lunches, Factory Farms, Documentary, Beef Recall, Usda, Mad Cow Disease, Cruelty to Animals, US Beef, E. Coli, Living News

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.

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Veganomicon: Your Guide To A Glorious Global Cuisine

Kerry Trueman | Posted 02.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Factory Farms, Veganism, Vegetarian, Michael Pollan, Veganomicon, Vegetarianism, Vegan, Living News

With meat consumption fingered as a major factor in climate change, more and more carnivores have been cowed into cutting back on factory farmed flesh.

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