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Proposition 2

Moving Forward for Farm Animals

Erin Williams | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Vegetarian, Factory Farming, California, Animlas, Agriculture, Vegan, Factory Farms, Proposition 2, Animal Slaughter, Farm Bill, Animal Welfare, Green News, Animla Rights, Green Policy, Living News
Erin Williams

In 2008, Americans sent an unmistakable signal to Big Agribusiness that we will not tolerate the kinds of animal cruelty that had become standard. In 2009, let's work to accomplish even more.

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California Leadin'

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: California, Tom Vilsack, Tom Vilsak, The New York Times, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Proposition 2, Obama Picks Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Animals, Tom Vilsack and Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Michael Pollan, New York Times, Sustainability, Nicholas Kristof, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Senate Agriculture Committee, Politics News
Wayne Pacelle

There are problems with animal agriculture that still need attention, including painful mutilation of animals without anesthesia, the rampant use of antibiotics on factory farms, and waste generated by these operations.

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Vegan Living

Katie Molinaro | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Food, Vegetarian, Proposition 2, Animal Rights, Animals, The China Study, Health, Vegan, Green Living, Vegan Living, Living News
Katie Molinaro

No matter where you live there are creative and thrifty ways to help animals, which will also help you and the planet.

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California Says Yes To Animal Rights

Treehugger | Alex Smith | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Factory Farms, Farm Animals, Animal Rights, Proposition 2, California, Animal Cruelty, Environmental Policy, Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News

Yesterday, California voters voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition 2, a historic move that brings animals legal rights in the land of factory f...

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Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the Truth

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Doctors, Salmonella, Animals, Proposition 2, California, Animal Cruelty, Dr. Kara Hutton, Animal Rights, Demlar Egg Ranch, Farm Factories, California Vetrinary Medical Association, Free-Range Chickens, The Humane Society of America, Caged Chickens, Caged Animals, Egg Production, Demlar Enterprises, No on Prop 2, Wayne Pacelle, Dr. Michael Greger, Cage-Free Animals, Yes on Prop 2, Politics News
Michael Markarian

In the No on Prop 2 commercial, we meet Dr. Kara Hutton and she's arguing the worst falsehood of all -- that human health depends on treating animals cruelly.

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Vegans And Meat-Eaters Unite To Support California's Proposition 2

The Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 11.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Usda, Animal Rights, California Proposition 2, Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society, Eating Matters, Free-Range, Animal Welfare, Vegan, Proposition 2, California, Cage-Free Animals, Green News

Proposition 2, a sweeping California ballot initiative designed to improve the treatment that farm animals receive, will be decided by voters on Novem...

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Making Sense of the Muckslinging

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Pork, Prop 2, Proposition 2, California, Factory Farming, Animals, Smithfield Foods, Animal Rights, YES! On Prop 2, Cargill, No on Prop 2, National Pork Producers Council, Marcho Farms, Yes on Prop 2, Strauss Veal, Green News
Michael Markarian

Factory farm executives see the writing on the wall, and they know they can no longer get away with treating animals like commodities -- like nothing more than meat-producing machines.

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Egg Industry Shill Plays The Race & Class Cards On Prop. 2

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Californians for Safe Food, Humane Society of the United States, Proposition 2, Animals, Egg Industry, Julie Buckner, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Julie Buckner, Californians for Safe Food spokesperson, dissed the Humane Society, who's sponsoring Proposition 2, for being funded, apparently, by diamond-encrusted dog-loving dilettantes.

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Cal Prop 2 (Farm Animal Confinement) Interview

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pigs, Animal Cruelty, Politics News, Ballot Initiatives, Eggs, Proposition 2, Veal, Prop 2, Animals, Hens, California, Politics News
Jonathan Handel

Learn more about California Proposition 2, regarding cruel confinement of farm animals. Check out my interview with a representative from the Yes on 2 campaign.

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Not So Eggcellent

Cheri Shankar | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Debeaking, Chickens, Proposition 2, Animal Rights, Animals, Hsus, Veganism, Prolapse, Menifee California, Norco Farms, Animal Abuse, Chicken Abuse, Vegetarianism, Egg Laying Farms, Chicken Farms, Prop 2, Mercy for Animals, Norco Ranch, Norco Farms Labor, Norco Farm Accountability, Living News
Cheri Shankar

When I found out about the true conditions under which egg-laying hens labor, it was easy to eliminate the not-so-Incredible, Edible Egg from my diet.

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Vote Yes on Prop 2 and NO to Industrial Farming

Josh Brusin | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Animals, Farming, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society, Proposition 2, Sustainable Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Conscious Eating, Food, Chicago News
Josh Brusin

Eating is an experience, and when you know that what you are eating lived a short and miserable existence because of you it kind of ruins the taste of your food.

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You Heard It On Oprah: Factory Farms Stink

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Factory Farms, Animal Cruelty, Humane Society of the United States, Oprah Winfrey, Animal Rights, Lisa Ling, Oprah, Industrial Agriculture, Proposition 2, Green News
Kerry Trueman

That ringing you hear is the sound of the death knell for the "don't ask, don't smell" era of factory farming.

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Torture in the Henhouse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Pigs, Egs, Proposition 2, Prop 2, Hens, Veal, Animals, Ballot Initiatives, California, Politics News
Jonathan Handel

Prop 2 would not require that animals be free range -- but would grant farm animals the ability to move about, even while caged, is just basic decency.

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Ammunition For Anti-"Cruel Confinement" Legislation Supporters (VIDEO)

ABC News | Dan Noyes | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Prop 2, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Norco Farms, California, Proposition 2, Green News

Have you thought about where the eggs for your breakfast come from? We're getting the first look at new undercover video taken at a Southern Californi...

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Ugly Death for Chickens

Cheri Shankar | Posted 11.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Anti-Cruelty, Proposition 2, Animals, Chickens, Woodchippers, Living News
Cheri Shankar

If you've accidentally sliced your finger while chopping tomatoes or something, you know how much it smarts, so imagine the agonizing pain these animals felt.

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Moving the Needle Forward on Animal Welfare, Food Safety, and the Environment: Vote YES on Prop 2

Kathy Freston | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Farming, Animal Cruelty, California Proposition 2, Factory Farming, California Propositions, Proposition 2, Prop 2, Animals, Politics News
Kathy Freston

If the measure passes, factory farms in the largest animal production state in the country would have until 2015 to change their ways.

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In Their Opinion, Prop 2 is a No-Brainer

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eggs, Newspapers, Endorsements, California, Editorials, Agriculture, Farm Animals, Prop 2, Proposition 2, Animals, Politics News
Michael Markarian

While some other newspaper editorial writers fell for the scare tactics of Big Agribusiness on Prop 2, plenty of opinion leaders have taken a thoughtful and careful look at the measure.

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Uncaged: New Animated Video on California's Prop 2!

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Animation, Animals, Farm Animals, Free Range Studios, Humane Society, Proposition 2, California, Entertainment News
Michael Markarian

[Free Range Studios] is shining a spotlight on more factory farm abuses, and their new animated film urges Californians to vote YES! on Proposition 2. Watch this hilarious new video.

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Herd on the Hill

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Factory Farming, John Campbell, Chris Shays, Horses, Tom Lantos, Canada, America's Next Top Model, Prop 2, Animals, Farm Animals, Seal Hunt, Bob Filner, California, Susan Collins, Proposition 2, Nigel Barker, Carl Levin, Horse Slaughter, Elton Gallegly, Animal Cruelty, Seals, Atlantic Coast, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Passage of this modest, but crucial, ballot measure in California will surely change the calculus for farm animals elsewhere by demonstrating that Americans have no tolerance for gratuitous cruelty.

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California Schemin'

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.12.2008 | 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
Michael Markarian

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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Big Business Bigotry

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: United Farm Workers, Eggs, Cesar Chavez, California, Animal Rights, United Food and Commercial Workers, California Politics, Proposition 2, Animals, Politics News
Michael Markarian

In a shameless display of xenophobia, it seems the factory farm fakers have launched an all-out attack on Mexico.

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