Critter News

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Thanks to an email from Farmed Animal Net for this information. These are not farming families, folks, but corporations as powerful and ruthless as anything on Wall Street. egg industry continues to consolidate. egg industry is planning a strategic conference after the presidential election to plan for the future.

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Egg Industry Industry Eggs Battery Cages 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 10, 2010

I'm not one of those people who thinks family is composed of only humans or humans who are biologically related. The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry in a series of commercials with the tag line: "99% of dairy farms are family owned." Ninety-nine percent of dairy farms are family owned.

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Family Factory Farm Factory Farming Cows 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

In " Food for the Soul ," Kristof once again yearns for the farm of his childhood which, for him, had "soul." What that means is that it wasn't a factory-farm operation. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. I'm not sure how that equals soul.

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Animal Sanctuary Factory Farm Factory Farming Sanctuary 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Even “factory” agriculture has its limits. At the same time connections between the food industry and government agencies like the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have become so incestuous that we should expect little from them. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J.,

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40