Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Farm & Ranch, Food, Science & Tech on 02 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Food Poisoning Outbreaks Linked to Animal Factory Farms

Food Poisoning Outbreaks Linked to Animal Factory Farms
At least one expert believes that the massive peanut salmonella outbreak linked to the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), likely has animal feces from factory farming at its core. According to Neil Barnard—a medical doctor, nutrition researcher, and president...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Business, Farm & Ranch on 11 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Ban on ill treatment of farm animals winning

Image via Wikipedia A measure that would ban farmers from raising egg-laying hens, veal calves and pregnant pigs in small cages and crates by 2015 appeared to be headed for victory this morning. Supporters of Proposition 2 said the initiative would guarantee farm...
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Posted by Lauren in Birds, Culture, Farm & Ranch, Mammals, Television on 10 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Ellen DeGeneres Fights Animal Cruelty But Plugs CoverGirl?

Last weekend, Ellen DeGeneres hosted a star-studded event in Hollywood raising cash and support for Proposition 2 — a ballot initiative in California that would outlaw confining crates and cages used in the factory farming of hens, veal calves and pregnant pigs....
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 08 1st, 2008 | 2 Comments

New Jersey Court Rules Factory Farm Practices Not Humane

Factory farming practices cannot be considered humane simply because they are widely used, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, setting a legal precedent for further actions to end the worst abuses on factory farms throughout the United States. In a unanimous...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 07 18th, 2008 | No Comments

Animal Welfare Approved Program Announces a New Grant Initiative to Improve Animal Welfare on Farms: Farmers May Apply for Grants Up to $10,000

President of the Animal Welfare Institute Cathy Liss and Director of the Animal Welfare Approved program Andrew Gunther are pleased to announce a new initiative that will offer grants of up to $10,000 for the sole purpose of improving animal welfare on farms. Current...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 07 9th, 2008 | No Comments

Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities

A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot. But University of Florida scientists have found the opposite is true. In a study with wide implications for a longstanding debate over whether agricultural...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 07 6th, 2008 | No Comments

Carbon Hoofprint: Cows Supplemented With RbST Reduce Agriculture’s Environmental Impact

Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study. Producing milk uses large quantities...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Officials worry about collapse of animal-waste lagoons at factory farms

Along the Mississippi River, they’re watching the levees. In northern Missouri, they’re watching the walls of lagoons holding back millions of gallons of animal waste. Rains this week were filling waste lagoons on industrial farms, and some were leaking and...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 06 30th, 2008 | No Comments

Veganic farmers eschew animal fertilizers

The tradition of farming the land in northern New Mexico's Espanola Valley had been passed down from Don Bustos' Spanish ancestors who tilled the same soil centuries before. But when Bustos realized the traditional farming techniques could harm his children's health,...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Uncategorized on 06 13th, 2008 | No Comments

Pigs Raised Without Antibiotics More Likely To Carry Bacteria, Parasites

While consumers are increasing demand for pork produced without antibiotics, more of the pigs raised in such conditions carry bacteria and parasites associated with food-borne illnesses, according to a new study. A comparison of swine raised in antibiotic-free and...
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