Tag: factory farms
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Hollywood Heavy Weights Call for Legislation to Stop Abuse of Antibiotics on Factory Farms
An estimated 80 percent of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are used in the agricultural sector…
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Interactive Map Tracks Factory Farm Operations in Michigan
Today’s large-scale industrial agriculture relies heavily on Confined Animal Feeding Operations that house large numbers …
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Too Big to Fail Organic? Horizon Factory Farm Accused of Skirting Laws
In an open letter published today and addressed to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program chief, Miles McEvoy, the Cornucopia Institute accused the regulatory agency of abdicating its enforcement responsibilities. Cornucopia, an organic industry watchdog, charged that the USDA had allowed Dean Foods and its WhiteWave subsidiary to, allegedly, operate a giant factory farm dairy…
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Alternatives to Factory Farmed Milk
By Alexis Baden-Mayer and Katherine Paul There are plenty of reasons to boycott milk from factory farms, beginning with your own health. Dairy cows raised on grass pastures produce milk that is higher in omega-3 fats, vitamin E and beta-carotene than milk from cows raised on grain. Milk from grassfed cows also contains five times as much conjugated linoleic acid,…
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8 Scary Facts About Antibiotic Resistance
Many of us who get the flu this winter will demand antibiotics from our doctors. And hopefully, your doctor will turn you down. Antibiotics, which kill bacteria, don’t cure the flu. That’s because the flu is caused by a virus, not bacteria. So your doctor would be prescribing an unnecessary drug. [caption id="attachment_314492" align="alignnone" width="500"]…