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US Government Continues Subsidizing Meat Industry

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Department of Agriculture also said it will buy $60 million of turkey, $2 million of lamb and $29.7 And economists have said dairy producers are losing an average of $3 per cow per day. million of walnuts. Last week, the USDA bought approximately 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk to help the dairy industry. Pork Producers.

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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

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On our last morning, we drove out to the Carson Lake Wetlands , following long and dusty trails through cow pastures and marshy terrain. The specials for our dinner at The Slanted Porch in Fallon included dishes prepared from cows and lambs raised by local 4-H Club kids.). The best, in my opinion, was saved for last.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal.

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Consistency

Animal Ethics

I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. Am I a hypocrite?