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    Animal Rights Group Hopes to Turn Poultry Farmers into Plant Growers

    Animal Rights Group Hopes to Turn Poultry Farmers into Plant Growers

    By Alex Robinson Leah Garcés used to hate poultry farmers. The animal rights activist, who opposes factory farming, had an adversarial relationship with chicken farmers until around five years ago, when she sat down to listen to one. She met a poultry farmer called Craig Watts in rural North Carolina and learned that the problems […]

    Does Certified Organic Mean What We Think It Does?

    Does Certified Organic Mean What We Think It Does?

    By Brian Barth There’s something of a civil war brewing in the organic movement. On one side are industry boosters boasting about how organic has gone mainstream. These folks are fine with a Big Ag version of organic agriculture — enormous monocrop fields and global distribution to every Walmart across the land. On the other […]

    Why the UK Is Wary of American ‘Chlorinated Chicken’

    Why the UK Is Wary of American ‘Chlorinated Chicken’

    By Dan Nosowitz A hot-button issue in the UK focuses on something most Americans don’t even know about: a particular method of disinfecting raw poultry. In the UK, “chlorine-washed chicken” has become a shorthand for the excesses of American agribusiness; Prime Minister Boris Johnson has even used it as an insult for his political foes. […]

    The Scary New Math of Factory Farm Waste

    The Scary New Math of Factory Farm Waste

    By Tia Schwab It has been almost a year since Hurricane Florence slammed the Carolinas, dumping a record 30 inches of rainfall in some parts of the states. At least 52 people died, and property and economic losses reached $24 billion, with nearly $17 billion in North Carolina alone. Flood waters also killed an estimated […]

    7 Reasons Your Family May Want to Become Vegetarian

    7 Reasons Your Family May Want to Become Vegetarian

    By Ketura Persellin You’ve likely heard that eating meat and poultry isn’t good for your health or the planet. Recent news from Washington may make meat even less palatable: Pork inspections may be taken over by the industry itself, if a Trump administration proposal goes into effect, putting tests for deadly pathogens into the hands […]

    ‘Largest Undercover Dairy Investigation in History’ Uncovers Shocking Abuse at ‘Disneyland’ of Farms

    ‘Largest Undercover Dairy Investigation in History’ Uncovers Shocking Abuse at ‘Disneyland’ of Farms

    Police are investigating after an animal rights group released disturbing video footage showing workers mistreating calves at an Indiana farm that Food & Wine once dubbed the “Disneyland of agricultural tourism,” The Associated Press reported. The Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) released the footage Tuesday after what they said was the “largest undercover dairy investigation in […]

    Animal Rights Protester Grabs Mic From Kamala Harris on San Francisco Stage

    Animal Rights Protester Grabs Mic From Kamala Harris on San Francisco Stage

    An animal rights activist interrupted California Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris when she was speaking in San Francisco at MoveOn‘s Big Ideas Forum Saturday. Harris was about to answer a question about her plan to address the gender pay gap when a male protester walked onto the stage, grabbed her microphone and […]