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Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019)

10,000 Birds

Despite being debased and reduced to a mere gastronomic buzzword by American chains of Italian-esque eateries, the offerings of dubious submarine sandwich shops, and bastardized and slapped onto corporate supermarket products labels, the word “Tuscan” can still denote genuine gastronomic excellence in a country of proud regional food traditions.

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Washington Town to Become Horse Slaughter Capital?

Critter News

horses destined to die and be butchered in one of Canada’s equine slaughterhouses for human consumption abroad.” The rumor mill has it that Bouvry wants to reopen the plant to service more inexpensively developing markets for its product in Russia, China and other Asian nations.

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Dutch May Ban Kosher Slaughter of Livestock

Critter News

This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. It could have a snowball effect for other countries in Europe, although probably it certainly won't be seen as politically correct. Excerpted from the Irish Times.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? The campaign to moralize meat has largely been a failure.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It’s a terrible but ultimately not surprising tale, given the continued lack of self-regulation and the emphasis on profit over safety in the meat industry. The only way the meat industry will change its ways is for people to stop buying ground beef and cause sales to plummet. Ann Calandro Flemington, N.J.,

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

Yet he spends time describing the miserable deaths of day-old male chicks and understands what happens in dairy production, and I assume he doesn't partake of anyone's eggs or milk. And what follows, as you might imagine, is his support of "ethical meat" (for those who insist on eating animals). But why does he say "vegetarian?"