Livestock

Lynne Peeples

The Worst Environmental Pollutant: Antibiotics?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Antibiotic Resistance, Factory Farming, Pollution, Livestock, Water Pollution, E. Coli, Mrsa, Green News

Waste from people, pets, pigs and even seagulls may be playing a significant role in the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections, including methicilli...

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Why Helping People Is Key to Saving the Endangered Cheetah

Dr. Laurie Marker | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Cheetah, Turkish Anatolian Shepherd, Endangered Species, Livestock, Africa Wildlife, Cheetahs, Namibia, Cheetah Conservation, Impact News
Dr. Laurie Marker

If the cheetah loses its race for survival, the American Prong-horn Antelope will become the fastest land mammal, and all those textbooks naming the cheetah as the fastest land animal will need to be changed.

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Superbug Suit: Antibiotics Victory Will Preserve Medicines for Sick People, Not Healthy Livestock

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Antibiotics, Farming, Fda, Sustainable Food, Livestock, Superbugs, Fda Antibiotics, Antibiotics Livestock 2012, Antibiotics Livestock, Green News
Peter Lehner

While conscientious doctors do their best to limit the use of unnecessary antibiotics, the livestock industry continued its indiscriminate use of these powerful medicines.

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Meat Lovers Savor Prospect Of Test Tube Burgers, Meat Alternatives

Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Vegetarian, Meat Alternative, Video, Hamburger, Livestock, Test Tube Meat, Beef, Veggie Burger, Meatless, Animal Farming, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 02/19/2012 05:43 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily VANCOUVER — Meat lovers may not ne...

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Are You Eating Antibiotics Without Knowing It? Probably!

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Factory Farms, Antibiotics Food, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria, Livestock, Antibiotics in Food, Health News, Healthy Living News
Martha Rosenberg

So far, 2012 is bringing bad news for people who don't want "free antibiotics" in their food. Antibiotics are routinely given to livestock on factory farms to make them gain weight with less feed and keep them from getting sick in confinement conditions.

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Lynne Peeples

Going Hog Wild: Weaning Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs Out Of Pork

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Staph Infection, Organic Food, Livestock, Agriculture, Superbugs, Mrsa, Pigs, Cafo, Antibiotics, Pork, Green News

After nearly succumbing to an antibiotic-resistant infection contracted from one of his hogs, Russ Kremer went cold turkey. He exterminated his diseas...

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Lynne Peeples

Antibiotic Use In Farm Animals Still Broadly Unaddressed Despite 'Fanfare' For FDA Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Farming, Infectious Diseases, Livestock, Superbugs, Mrsa, Antibiotics, Factory Farms, Fda, Cephalosporins, Green News

The Food and Drug Administration's latest move concerning the use of antibiotics in farm animals garnered a good deal of praise last week, but public ...

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Lynne Peeples

FDA Takes A 'Step Backwards' On Antibiotic Resistance Issue, Raises More Public Health Concerns

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Animal Feed, Livestock, Nrdc, Agriculture, Mrsa, Antibiotics, Food Safety, Fda, Green News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday its withdrawal of a decades-old proposal to limit the use of antibiotics in animal feed, a mo...

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Reindeer Combat Climate Crisis -- At a Cost

Neil Wagner | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Global Climate Adaptation, Livestock, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Science, Global Climate Mitigation, Christmas, Reindeer, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Reindeer Climate Change, Green News
Neil Wagner

There are two primary ways to deal with climate change -- mitigation and adaptation -- and reindeer are involved with both.

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Dozens Of Yellowstone's Bison To Be Moved

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Montana, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Video, Yellowstone, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Livestock, National Bison Range, Badlands National Park, Environment, Yellowstone National Park, Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, South Dakota, Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Colorado, Denver News

BILLINGS, Mont. — For the first time in decades, the federal government is considering moving bison captured leaving Yellowstone National Park t...

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Livestock Farmers Say Ethanol Eats Too Much Corn

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Ethanol Policy, Energy, Farming, Video, Biofuels, Livestock, Ethanol Corn Overuse, Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Ethanol, Green News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Livestock farmers are demanding a change in the nation's ethanol policy, claiming current rules could lead to spikes in meat ...

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House Republicans Drive More Nails Into Livestock Rule Coffin

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Usda, Super Committee, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Tom Vilsack, Livestock, Factory Farms, Antitrust, Farm Bill, Barack Obama, Republicans, Food News
Wenonah Hauter

While the big news among food activists has been the unsettling possibility that a secret farm bill could be snuck into the super committee's recommendations and passed with no public input, Republicans have furtively dealt a crippling blow to family farmers and consumers.

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Occupy the Barnyard: Meat Industry Asks Supreme Court to Help Crush Anti-Cruelty Law

Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, National Meat Association, Court Decisions, Livestock, Slaughter, National Meat Association v. Harris, Occupy the Barnyard, Federal Preemption, California Animal Cruelty, Green News
Elizabeth B. Wydra

This isn't just an animal-rights issue -- it's about making sure our courts are not bending the Constitution to suit the desires of corporate America. It's time to Occupy the Barnyard.

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Global Meat Production and Consumption Continue to Rise

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Vital Signs Online, Livestock, Worldwatch Institute, Factory Farm, Disease, Greenhouse Gas, Health, Diet, Disease Prevention, Meat, Green News
Danielle Nierenberg

Global meat production and consumption has increased rapidly in recent decades, with harmful effects on the environment and public health as well as on the economy.

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Taking Stock of the Summer of Extremes: 2011

Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D. | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Economic Loss, Heat Wave, Livestock, Summer 2011, Green News
Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D.

It's less costly to prepare for climate change, which has already increased the chances for extreme heat wave conditions, than to suffer the kinds of losses that economists call the "costs of inaction."

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Uncommon Fare at Common Ground Fair

Liz Neumark | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Crafts, Organic Food, Livestock, Maine, Agriculture, Slidepollajax, Food News
Liz Neumark

The Common Ground Fair is a celebration of agriculture, organic methods, livestock, crafts, and old ways with an abiding respect for the earth and humanity.

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Lynne Peeples

Superbugs Are Still Winning: Second Cargill Recall Underscores Concern, GAO Report Suggests Feds Aren't Doing Enough

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Organic Farming, Livestock, Mrsa, Superbugs, Factory Farms, Antibiotics, The Infection Loop, Salmonella, Gao, Gao Report Antibiotic Resistance, Green News

Just days after Cargill announced its second major recall in the last two months of ground turkey linked to antibiotic-resistant salmonella, a new re...

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Lynne Peeples

Farm-acology 101: Doctors Take Aim At Antibiotic Resistance From Factory Farms

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Antibiotic Resistance, Growth Promotion, Organic Food, Livestock, Meatless Monday, Mrsa, Cargill, Factory Farms, The Infection Loop, Salmonella, Fda, Green News

"Here's the big secret that no one wants to talk about: We're not very good at keeping what's inside a cow's intestines out of the meat." The roomf...

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Parched Cattle Drink Themselves To Death

AP | By BETSY BLANEY | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Farming, Drought, Texas Cows Drought, Livestock, Agriculture, Texas Drought 2011, Texas Cattle, Texas Drought, Sustainability, Texas Farms Drought, Cattle Drought, Food News

LUBBOCK, Texas -- The unrelenting Texas drought has produced a cruelly ironic twist: cattle dying from too much water. Agriculture officials in parch...

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Veterinarian Poisons Wildlife, Brags About it on Facebook

Wendy Keefover-Ring | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Coyotes, Usda, Wildlife Services, Co-Exisitence, Livestock, Predator Control Program, Wildlife, Green News
Wendy Keefover-Ring

An incident wherein a Santa Fe veterinarian set out beef-basted rat poison to kill a coyote that ate an outdoor cat -- and bragged about it on Facebook -- raises issues about ethics, values, biology, and our ability to co-exist with coyotes.

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Tea Party Leaders in House Resume Their Assault on Environmental Safeguards

Frances Beinecke | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Bruce Babbitt, Carbon Emissions, Livestock, Policy Riders, Continuing Resolution, Clean Water Act, Antibiotics, Fda, Tea Party, Clean Air Act, Green News
Frances Beinecke

House Republican leaders and their Tea Party colleagues are working to block any effort to update the protections that keep our air and water clean.

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Calling Bull On Mark Zuckerberg's Meat Challenge

Laurel Miller | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Animal Slaughter, Killing Animals Humane, Humane Livestock Management, Livestock, Butchering, Mark Zuckerberg, Sustainable Agriculture, Eating Meat, Meat, Personal Challenge, Vegetarianism, Facebook, Food News
Laurel Miller

As one of the few remaining humans on the planet not on Facebook, I still like to give credit where it's due. I may loathe Mark Zuckerberg's time-suck...

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Lawsuit Filed to Preserve Antibiotics for Sick People, Not Healthy Livestock

Peter Lehner | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Animal Feed, Antibiotic Resistance, Farming, Staph Infection, Livestock, Antibiotics, Salmonella, Fda, Bacteria, Green News
Peter Lehner

We want the FDA to follow its own safety findings and withdraw approval for most non-therapeutic uses of penicillin and tetracyclines in animal feed.

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Government Report: Less Than 1% of Cattle Killed by Native Carnivores and Domestic Dogs

Wendy Keefover-Ring | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Usda, Livestock, Wildlife Services, Predator Control Program, Wildlife, Coyotes, Dogs, Native Carnivores, Denver News
Wendy Keefover-Ring

Less than one percent of the American cattle inventory was lost to native carnivores in 2010. This calls into question the tens of millions per year taxpayers spend on lethal control of native carnivores.

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Let the Buffalo Roam! America's Last Wild Herds Under Attack by US Government and Cattle Industry

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Native American Rights, Wild Bison, Montana, Grassroots Activism, Livestock, Wildlife Conservation, Cattle Industry, Brucellosis, Buffalo Field Campaign, Wild Buffalo, Bison, Green News
Deborah Bassett

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