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Poem: The Old Battery Hen
The Spicy Cauldron —
Authority: 127
An elderly ex-battery hen is like a sweet ghost made from weathered feathers, and glass; fragile yet determined, she stalks, she mutters, she sings a poultry spiritual of the days when she was caged beak to beak and bald, with sisters, tormented and Big Hands were never kind, or gentle, and every piece she gave was ...3 days ago -
Planing an Eco-Friendly Thanksgiving
greenUPGRADER —
Authority: 416
Whether you are cooking a turkey, adopting a turkey, or skipping the turkey, here are a few tips for a greener Thanksgiving.Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away? For a lot of folks, that means eating turkey until they pop. Americans eat over 45 million turkeys on Thanksgiving and most ...3 days ago -
‘We can eat meat, ditch factory farming and save the planet’
Daisy Green —
Authority: 138
We don’t need to go veggie to feed a booming world population and save the planet from climate change and forest destruction. And we can produce enough food for everyone without factory farming , new research from Friends of the Earth and Compassion in World farming shows. ‘Eating the planet? ‘, ...3 days ago -
Half-way Through Eating Animals
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
It’s strange to me that some people will argue that a book they haven’t read isn’t worth reading. It’s like someone who has never been to Paris saying that Paris isn’t all that special. Maybe it is or maybe it isn’t, but someone who’s never been to Paris probably isn’t a trustworthy source of ...4 days ago -
Monsonto’s Ads
OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog —
Authority: 475
A hot topic on my mind of late has been Monsanto’s advertising or sponsorship of NPR (National Public Radio). Maybe you’ve heard their messages running on NPR for several months now like I have, claiming that they support a sustainable future, and create a better world for farmers. In a separate print ad they ...5 days ago -
Where Jonathan Safran Foer Gets It Wrong
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
An article in Salon.com about Eating Animals might persuade many people to read the book and/or reduce or eliminate meat consumption. But reading through the article with a critical vegan eye, I can see a few problems. Where Jonathan Safran Foer gets it wrong: He writes… “These little daily choices that ...6 days ago -
The Hazards of Meat-Eating Hit the Mainstream Media
Humane Connection —
Authority: 129
I’ve been vegan for twenty years. As I learned about the plight of animals in modern agriculture from Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation , John Robbins’ Diet for a New America and numerous undercover films that showed the conditions under which the great majority of animals are raised for food, I knew I ...6 days ago -
The Hazards of Meat-Eating Hit the Mainstream Media
Zoe Weil —
Authority: 417
I’ve been vegan for twenty years. As I learned about the plight of animals in modern agriculture from Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation , John Robbins’ Diet for a New America and numerous undercover films that showed the conditions under which the great majority of animals are raised for food, I knew I ...6 days ago -
A Strange System: Food: Hard Travelin’ Blues
Science & Soul —
Authority: 106
You walk through the aisles of your local supermarket. Apples in June. Watermelons in February. Oranges in December. Weird star fruit in….well I don’t actually know if star fruit have a picking season. So how do we have these fruits and vegetables when it is not time for them to be picked. Most of our ...1 week ago -
Influenza History And Industrial Farming. Afghanistan Reminder
Gary Rumor's Anti-Entropic Continuum —
Authority: 127
Afghani Women say the United States Military should get out of Afghanistan. That is the position of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. They claim that the struggle against the warlords and Taliban is complicated by the presence of the NATO forces led by the USA. The CIA and other US agencies ...1 week ago -
Filthy Feed
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
“In areas of the United States where large cattle and poultry operations coexist, poultry litter is routinely fed to cows. Poultry litter consists primarily of manure, feathers, spilled feed and bedding material that accumulate on the floors of the buildings that house chickens and turkeys.” source: ...1 week ago -
SafeFoodInc.org Is Not All Lies
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
A meat industry website called SafeFoodInc.org purports to enlighten readers about the film Food, Inc. The website offers a section called “Myths & Facts” where it contrasts their meat industry spin with the documentary scenes. Some of their claims I agree with wholeheartedly, yet I come to a different ...1 week ago -
Dear President, Please Pardon All The Turkeys
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
From FARM at Change.org : The nearly 300 million turkeys killed each year in the U.S. spend their entire lives crammed in large sheds with little room to move. Artificially inseminated and bred to gain enormous amounts of weight, they suffer heart attacks, broken limbs, lameness, and death from their ...1 week ago -
Aa’s Weekend Reading (November 6, 2009)
GreenLightAdvisor Views —
Authority: 437
Here are this weekend’s selection for your reading pleasure: Eating Animals: Jonathan Safran Foer Talks To Ellen About His New Book (VIDEO) November-06-09, 12:18 PM He explained his mission writing the book, and how becoming a new father drove him to action. He also challenged environmentalists to step up to ...1 week ago -
Yesterday’s Films, Today’s Issues: Hatari!
TakePart Social Action Network —
Authority: 612
Going into Howard Hawks’ Hatari! at BAM this past Wednesday night I had a feeling I would like it. I mean the film’s description is kind of amazing: “John Wayne has never been better than as the leader of a pack of big-game hunters on the African plains who tackle rhinoceroses, elephants, and giraffes to ...1 week ago -
What Would Happen To The Animals?
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
A fellow vegan recently posed this question to a veg group: If the world went vegan, what would happen to all the farm animals? It wasn’t the first time I’d seen the question. Here is my answer: The question you raise is one I think is actually funny. “What would we do with the animals?” It is a question ...1 week ago -
Eating Animals and The Last Turkey Sandwich
Birdykins: Fly. Crash. Repeat. —
Authority: 118
We get to Powells early and mostly out of boredom. There was nothing on television and we had already taken the elevator up to The Portland Grill to walk through the restaurant and get a good look at the nighttime view. It was as beautiful, lit up, as you might imagine it to be. These urban landscapes never fail to ...1 week ago -
Cruel Factory Farming Footage On Hit TV Show “Bones”
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
Tonight’s episode of the hit FOX television show “Bones” (airing at 8pm/7 Central), starring vegan actress and Farm Sanctuary supporter Emily Deschanel , will prominently feature factory farming footage secured by Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, as part of a ...1 week ago -
Thinking About Meat
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 511
A radio interview with the author of Eating Animals : Key points from the video: The vast majority of meat available for purchase comes from cruel factory farms that are environmentally destructive and pose a serious risk to human health. Only about 1% of meat is “humane” meat. If you do not support ...1 week ago -
From The "Who Knew?" File: Cattle Commonly Fed Chicken Poop
TreeHugger —
Authority: 727
Old Lace & Arsenic. The Movie. Image credit: Amazon ,dvd. If you eat "burger," there is more to be concerned with than just fat intake, e-Coli, and carbon footprint. In a new addition to the "Who Knew" file at TreeHugger, we just learned that the cows which contributed to your pattie may have been fed chicken ...1 week ago
