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Coverage of Factory Farming & Animal Welfare Has Decreased US Meat Demand

photo: 王 博齊 / Creative Commons This is really pretty encouraging: A new study from Kansas State University shows how increased media coverage of animal welfare issues in recent years has led to a decreased demand for meat in the United States. Increased awareness of how livestock are routinely treated through factory … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tyson Foods May Have a Sustainability Report But It Doesn’t Mean Factory Farming is Ever Sustainable

I normally don’t take direct aim at other people’s reporting, but a recent post on Tyson Foods new sustainability report over at SmartPlanet made me wonder if I was living on that same planet as the author. What’s sure is we have differing definitions for ‘sustainable’ and the place of factory farming in the world…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tyson Foods May Have a Sustainability Report But It Doesn’t Mean Factory Farming is Ever Sustainable

Obama Sends Turkey to Die in California

After a hilarious speech, President Obama pardoned the first turkey of his administration, continuing this delightful tradition that should probably be ended, immediately. As Obama points out, it is not even an old tradition

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