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On "Food Inc."

Animal Person

.: One message is that there's nothing wrong with eating animals, and in fact it's fantastic and thrilling and a win-win-win (people-planet-profits) when you eat animals that were "produced" by Polyface Farms. The moral of the story is that it's all about the way we farm animals, not that we farm them that is what needs changing.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

If we’re going to raise farm animals and then kill them to eat them, we should say so. They do so because it’s the moral and ethical thing to do, and it’s in their best economic interest. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The medical journal Lancet recently published findings showing that children who are not adequately nourished in the first five years of life sometimes never catch up to their peers. It’s appalling that anyone would think that a diet based on a dubious morality would build a human infant. Children need protein. George Mazzei St.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

Route 254 farm fields (rd to Playa Panama). Chomes–Calle San Agustín and farms. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Belgrade City Rubbish Dump, Vin?a. 29 Jan 2016. Black-necked Stork – Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus. Western Australia.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

10,000 Birds

US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Chomes–Calle San Agustín and farms. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Reserva Ribera Norte. 10 May 2016. Diademed Tanager – Stephanophorus diadematus.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

10,000 Birds

US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Chomes–Calle San Agustín and farms. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Reserva Ribera Norte. 10 May 2016. Diademed Tanager – Stephanophorus diadematus. Reserva Ribera Norte. 10 May 2016. Cerulean Warbler – Setophaga cerulea.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

10,000 Birds

Chomes–Calle San Agustín and farms. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2016. Common Redshank – Tringa totanus. West Kirby. 01 Jan 2016. Upland Sandpiper – Bartramia longicauda. 24 Apr 2016. Western Australia.

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