Animal Agriculture
Last edited by OrangeClouds115, October 15, 2006
We are for the sustainable raising and humane treatment of animals. We don't want to eat chickens that grew up on a diet of plastic and arsenic, or cows that were fed chicken litter. We don't want to give our children milk from cows injected with genetically modified recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). And we don't want our communities polluted with overflowing lagoons of manure.
As the government grapples with issues such as those above, we also wish to speak out on behalf of the family farmer. "One size fits all" regulations often put family farms at disadvantages, promoting industry consolidation and further forcing consumers towards eating factory farmed meat, dairy, and eggs without alternatives.
More pages under this heading:
Animal Ag: National Animal ID SystemAnimal Ag: Human Rights in Slaughterhouses
Animal Ag: Mad Cow
More information
DailyKos: An Alternative to Raising Pigs in Confinement (blog entry)DailyKos: CAFOs and Avian Flu (blog entry)
Dairy Farmers Learn From California (article) December 7, 2007
Dr. Temple Grandin's Web Page (web site) Dr. Grandin is a nationally recognized expert in understanding animal behavior and designing facilities and practices for humane slaughter.
Find a Factory Farm Near You! (web site)
NYT: A Dying Breed (article) January 27, 2008
NYT: Closing the Barn Door After the Cows Have Gotten Out (article) January 23, 2008 op-ed opposing clones in the food supply
NYT: Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler (article) January 27, 2008
NYT: The Worst Way of Farming (article) May 31, 2008.
Pew Commission: Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America (PDF) (report) April 2008.
Philpott: Organic Milk: Survival of the Biggest? (article) Tom Philpott covers the controversy of the price paid by Stonyfield Farm to its milk suppliers. March 12, 2008.
Tom Philpott: A Tale of Two Counties (article) In the farm belt, a look at the extremes of agricultural production
Worn-Out Dairy Cows Reflect Industrial Agriculture's Failings (blog entry) February 19, 2008.
