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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm. This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition 2.

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His call for the end of factory farms (concentrated animal feeding operations) is courageous. But the vested interests are very strong, and consumers have become accustomed to artificially low prices for meat. 2, 2011 Note from KBJ: Only someone who doesn't understand torture could think that meat production involves torture.

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As the world moves toward raising the majority of animals in the unnatural setting of factory farms, it is likely that more, and worse, such pathogens will arise. What will it take for us, and our public health leaders, to question our addiction to meat and tolerance of factory farming?

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31) is simply wrong in suggesting that grass-fed beef produces less methane than feed-lot meat. It is the other way around, with grass-fed animals producing up to three times more methane. To replace factory-farmed meat without further tropical forest destruction is impossible.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? Rory Freedman, co-author of the New York Times bestseller Skinny Bitch, proclaims “If you want to create a better world, read this book!”

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And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. And for poor people, higher prices would mean less meat in their diets.

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To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. 27): Mark Bittman answered my prayers by writing an article exposing how the meat industry contributes to global warming, world hunger and other issues plaguing our world. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan.