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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. It’s time to send the message that cost is not the only important consideration. How does the health of a farmer’s family and community figure in when they are making the decision to continue industrialized production methods? BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va.,

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It accepts completely the hype concerning a California ballot initiative that among other things bans gestation stalls for pregnant sows. And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing.