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If You Eat, You Better Get GIPSA

Dave Murphy | Posted 11.07.2011 | Home
Read More: Usda, U.S. Senate, Secretary Vilsack, Gipsa, Food Politics, Agriculture, President Obama, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Family Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Family Farms, Home News
Dave Murphy

The GIPSA rules would create a fair marketplace for farmers to sell their livestock without fear of retaliation from packers and integrators, require packers to maintain written records over price deviations and prevent undue preferences.

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The Meat-Eaters Guide to Eating Less Meat

Susie Middleton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Eggs, Home Cooking, Impact-of-Meat-Eating, Nicolette-Hahn-Niman, Vegetarian, Animal Welfare, Cooking, Local Eating, Vegetables, Factory Farms, Small Farmers, Family Farming, Diet, Meat, Shellfish, Meat Labeling, Green News
Susie Middleton

Secretly, I could live on chocolate and coffee. But don't tell anyone, since I make my living writing about vegetables. And my darkest secret is this: My favorite thing in the whole world is (or was) chicken pan drippings.

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Nick Kristof: Our Food Has No Soul

nytimes.com | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Food Recalls, Farming, Factory Farming, Agriculture, Food Politics, Food Safety, Nicholas Kristof, Family Farming, Green News

On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It's not just t...

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