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Animal Ethics

The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars. Reversing the agricultural trends of the last half century is a policy area where almost everyone’s interests are aligned. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,

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Animal Ethics

Specifically, the increasing meat-consumption trend could be reversed if consumers paid the true price for meat. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. Jillian Fry Baltimore, Dec. Anna Lappé Brooklyn, Dec. This is stupid.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. To the Editor: Re “ A Farm Boy Reflects ” (column, July 31): Hats off to Nicholas D.