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Is Cheap Meat Endangering Our Lives?

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Will our desire to mass-produce cheap meat end in a health disaster? How much harm will we do to ourselves in the name of cheap meat? Of course, agribusinesses is desperate to deny all this is happening: their bottom line depends on keeping this model on its shaky trotters. From the Independent.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

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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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Canada Promoting Seal Meat and Fur in China

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Of course, we're disappointed in their actions," Ms. Tags: canada. "The EU was a small market for Canada. Shea said by telephone from China today. That being said, there are many other markets out there. That's what we're doing in China. We're trying to expand on the market that's here."

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Pork Industry Tries to Deal with Public Image

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And, of course, this view of farm animals is the norm. Tags: meat pigs pork farm animal welfare. On Wednesday, I almost lost my temper with some people in our customer service unit who wondered why anyone would want a turkey to have a good life before death."it's it's just a turkey."

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"How I Learned to Dislike Henry Alford"

Animal Person

The article is called " How I Learned to Love Goat Meat " (thanks, Bea), and its author Henry Alford, as you might imagine, discovers the wonders of goat flesh consumption and tells us all about his journey. But he manages to overcome his discrimination and embrace goat to the point that he served goat parts as every course in a recent meal.

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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

The voice of Temple Grandin is of course the foundation. But of course the success of the author in manipulating the reader depends on the reader's belief that the paradox is indeed "ostensible.". The chef's perspective is represented by Dan Barber, who serves Eggleston's meat. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Not eating them.

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The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen's Life

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Here' s a review by vegetarian Mark Hand, who still eschewed "meat" even after reading the book. Some might argue that Keith has simply become an advocate of “happy meat”—local, grass-fed, sustainably produced, and humanely raised meat. Tags: Activism Books Ethics. But that would be unfair.

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