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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

On March 11th, RPA sent the governors of all 50 states a letter and two factsheets urging them to help get their land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. Take a moment to tell your governor you agree we must get our LGUs out of the meat industry. Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

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Can the Falcons Win the Super Bowl?

10,000 Birds

In an astonishing 33 of 50 contests, an organization named for a meat (not cheese) packer, chieftain, cowpoke, steel worker, indigenous American, gold miner, U.S. Considering how humanity treats birds around the world, this is clearly a case of sports imitating life. nationalist, holy person, or some species of pirate has won it all.

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Earth Day Giveaway!

4 The Love Of Animals

Comment here before 9:00pm (MST) on April 29th, 2009. The finished product is 100percent biodegradable and reduces the amount of virgin materials and carbon-based substances used to make the product. Want a chance to win? Here are the rules: Visit The Honest Kitchen website, then leave a comment on this post telling us what you thought.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Niman gives us is to pay attention to the source of meat products and what our mothers always told us: clean your plate. 2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Humanity Even for Nonhumans ,” by Nicholas D. April 9, 2009 To the Editor: In making the personal decision of where to place ourselves in our ethical relationship with animals, it is important to evaluate the reality of our words. Irene Muschel New York, April 9, 2009 To the Editor: Nicholas D.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. Why not add only ground fat belonging to the meat being ground? How many more Americans must die before something is done?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. If we all decide to consider animals as precious as humans, the only logical place for us is back in the jungle.