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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm. This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition 2.

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From Today's New York Times

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A factory-farmed egg-producing hen’s lifespan is less than two years. CLAUDIA SILBERLICHT New York, July 13, 2011 We are headed in the right direction, but need to fight to push the changes through. It could take up to 18 years for them to be phased in, if the law should pass.

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From Today's New York Times

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To the Editor: Re “Officials Point to Swine Flu in New York” (front page, April 26): Dare we ask why this happening [sic]? As the world moves toward raising the majority of animals in the unnatural setting of factory farms, it is likely that more, and worse, such pathogens will arise.

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To replace factory-farmed meat without further tropical forest destruction is impossible. Peter Singer Geoff Russell Barry Brook New York, Nov. In any case, globally, only 8 percent of all meat is produced in natural grazing systems, and there is little available unforested land suitable for such systems.

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Factory Farming

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Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about factory farming. I have added the Factory Farm Map to the blogroll.

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And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.

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His call for the end of factory farms (concentrated animal feeding operations) is courageous. Better food creates better health. And yet our government is perversely encouraging food habits that negatively affect our health and our environment.