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On the Land Grant University Meat Problem

Animal Person

Instead, our LGUs teach the false ancient beliefs that maintain meat -- including dairy, fish, eggs, and feed crops -- as an institution. . Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Utne has a circulation of about 100,000 -- a senior editor I spoke to assures me it is not exaggerated as with some publications.

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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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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

Critter News

A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

Critter News

And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? Tags: advocacy. What messages and techniques have been proven effective in getting people to make compassionate decisions like boycotting fur and adopting companion animals instead of buying them?

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. For some people, it is inhumane to eat meat in any situation, no matter how well the animal is treated prior to and during slaughter. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., Here is my opinion.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

Animal Person

And the wife says that one thing the family does is eat less meat and eggs (and they raise the animals on their land), but even that is glossed over. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Film climate change film review The Age of Stupid veganism. But they dismiss food. I think those are the only references to diet.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

All these would have to be tagged if the National Animal Identification System becomes mandatory, and for no purpose, because none of my animals will be sold overseas for food. I expect that the industry groups would like to put my farmer friends out of business with the costs and hassles of tagging their animals, to eliminate competition.