2005 Factory Farm Raised Research 
Animal Ethics
JULY 15, 2009
We can thank factory farming for yet another antibiotic-resistant supergerm: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). The numbers are high and rising: From 1996 to 2005, MRSA-related hospitalizations increased nearly tenfold. All evidence points to factory farms. Just how prevalent is MRSA-infected meat?
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 2, 2008
And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 billion a year between 1997 and 2005, totaling nearly $35 billion, according to researchers at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University. Susan Beal Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: Nicholas D.
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