Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

To the Editor: In your July 12 editorial “ A Humane Egg ,” you disparage the modern, sanitary housing systems for egg-laying hens, which have improved chickens’ health and well-being, improved consumer food safety and kept eggs a nutritious and economical staple on kitchen tables and restaurant menus nationwide.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

Having a roast or baked chicken used to be for special occasions. Raising livestock is the best use of most pasture land, not growing crops. What is wrong is factory farms. Whatever happened to the Sunday supper, while every other day is potato stew or corn chowder? We reap what we sow. Michelle Gordon Gulfport, Miss.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9

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