How Egg Industry Greed Caused The Salmonella Outbreak
For years, the U.S. egg industry has been telling us that there is no connection between salmonella outbreaks and the practice of cramming layer hens into cages so small the birds can’t lift a single...
View ArticleGreat News For Animal Lovers
In one of history’s most stunning victories for humane farming, Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Coles, will as of January 1st stop selling company branded pork and eggs from animals kept in...
View ArticlePink Slime and Mad Cow Disease: Coming to a Burger Near You
Burger lovers never seem to have an easy time. In March 2012, news broke that the USDA’s National School Lunch Program had recently purchased seven million pounds of something delectably called “pink...
View ArticleCould Anyone Find This Animal Abuse Tolerable?
On August 21, 2012, the USDA shut down operations at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, Calif. The facility, located at the center of California’s dairy industry, slaughters California dairy cows when...
View ArticleCan GMOs Help End World Hunger?
Can genetically engineered foods help feed the hungry? Are anti-GMO activists and over-zealous environmentalists standing in the way of the hungry being fed? The hope that GMO foods might bring...
View ArticleGreed, Cancer and Pink KFC Buckets
We live in a world of profound contradictions. Some things are just unbelievably strange. At times I feel like I’ve found a way to adapt to the weirdness of the world, and then along comes something...
View ArticleHow the Food Movement Is Gaining Strength
More and more people are realizing that our food chain is in crisis. Agribusiness has made profits more important than your health — more important than the environment — and more important than your...
View ArticleThe Truth About Grassfed Beef
A lot of people today, horrified by how animals are treated in factory farms and feedlots, and wanting to lower their ecological footprint, are looking for healthier alternatives. As a result, there is...
View ArticleNews: Walmart, Nation’s Biggest Food Seller, Adopts Principles for More...
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on HumaneSociety.org On May 22, Walmart, one of the world’s biggest companies – and the nation’s biggest food seller by a long shot – announced it has adopted the...
View ArticleGeneral Mills Commits to Cage-Free Eggs
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on HumaneSociety.org Within the last six months or so, we’ve worked with many of the biggest names in the food business to announce their commitment to stop selling...
View ArticleNews: Idaho "Ag-Gag" Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional
By Will Potter • Originally published on Green Is The New Red A U.S. District Court has struck down Idaho’s “ag-gag” law as an unconstitutional attempt by the agriculture industry to silence...
View ArticleRedefining Good Food at the Nation’s Largest Casual Restaurant Company
By Kari Hamerschlag, Friends of the Earth In these busy times, we spend nearly half our food budgets eating out. This means that big restaurant chains have an enormous influence on what we eat and how...
View ArticleGreat News For Animal Lovers
In one of history’s most stunning victories for humane farming, Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Coles, will as of January 1st stop selling company branded pork and eggs from animals kept in...
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