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JULY 19, 2009

From our "good friends" at Agrilife News. A recently established international partnership will focus on developing a “strong and viable beef and lamb feedlot industry” for Iraq, according to project participants. Tags: feedlots economic development iraq factory farm agribusiness. Agency for International Development, and U.S.

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JUNE 20, 2009

Here's the Honor Roll from Fox News. A 2006 USDA inspection report faulted the school for withholding anesthesia from piglets and lambs during procedures without adequate scientific justification for doing so. Tags: university research animal research welfare violations medical research animal laboratories. for finding them.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

When I was still a meat-eater, the two foods I would not touch were veal and lamb. Tags: Obama veal bo obama. Bo Obama celebrated his birthday with a doghouse cake made out of veal. Veal is especially cruel, even for factory farming, although now I think foie gras is a strong competitor.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2008

When I watch Top Chef, these people can hardly make a chocolate cake without throwing some lamb in there. Tags: cooking food. What is so threatening to chefs like Ramsey and David Chang? I think part of it is their egos, but it's also their training.

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APRIL 12, 2009

Department of Agriculture also said it will buy $60 million of turkey, $2 million of lamb and $29.7 Tags: subsidies meat USDA pork agribusiness dairy. The federal government continued its effort to boost agricultural commodity prices today by announcing it will purchase an additional $25 million worth of pork. million of walnuts.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Mulesing, in which woolgrowers surgically remove parts of merino lambs' rears to prevent potentially fatal flystrike, has sparked demonstrations and litigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Tags: australia sheep mulesing.

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