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No Nourishment To Be Found In Suffering
The Humane Society’s graphic footage of animal abuse at two industrial pig farms is making wave, and rightly so. The arrogance of the farms’ owners is unfettered, as they claim they’re not doing anything wrong, and are adhering to strict animal welfare … Continue reading
Horse Slaughter Expected Back In America
About 9 million horses currently live in America. As early as a month from now, dozens of thousands of them may start joining the ranks of cattle processed in U.S. slaughterhouses, and be sold as meat for human consumption. Suffice … Continue reading
FDA Sued For Antibiotics in Animal Feed
I can’t blame Stephen McDonnell, founder and CEO of organic and natural meats and cheeses producer Applegate Farms, for tooting his own horn this week. Call it a smart, justified marketing move. The FDA (Food & Drug Administration) was recently … Continue reading
Drug-Resistant Staph Spells Trouble For Meat Industry
The Science has spoken. Nearly half of the meat and poultry (47 percent) sold in U.S. grocery stores is contaminated with staphylococcus aureus (“Staph”), a bacteria linked to a wide range of human diseases, and this bacteria is resistant to … Continue reading
Diet For A Cool Planet
What does the food in my plate have to do with global warming? The short answer is “everything”, if you subscribe to the prevailing scientific view that climate change is caused by man-made greenhouse gas emissions. According to United Nations … Continue reading
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Eating Like It’s 440 B.C.
This post is inspired by a book that has been grabbing a lot of my attention lately. Its author is Herodotus of Halicarnassus, a Greek historian who reported on what he observed and the stories he heard as he explored … Continue reading
