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The Truth About Grassfed Beef
Get answers about grassfed beef. Is it healthier? Better for the environment? What does it taste like? And how is it different than typical beef? Discover the truth about grass fed beef in this in-depth article. A lot of people today, horrified by how animals are treated in factory farms and feedlots and wanting to…
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The Truth About Soy
In recent years, I’ve received quite a number of requests from people asking for my views on soy products. Many of these inquiries have mentioned a stridently anti-soy article written by Sally Fallon and Mary G. Enig, titled “Tragedy and Hype,” that has been widely circulated. This article presents a systematic series of accusations against…
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How the Food Movement Is Gaining Strength
More and more people are realizing that our food chain is in crisis. Agribusiness has made profits more important than your health — more important than the environment — and more important than your right to know how your food is produced. The United States now spends nearly 20 percent of GDP on health care, but levels…
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Beyond the Polarized Debate: Why Does Healthcare Cost So Much?
The debate over healthcare can be intensely polarizing. But whatever role you believe government should play, one fact is indisputable. The cost of health care just keeps on rising. In fact, medical care now represents nearly 20% of total US GDP. Health care spending is so far out of control that not only individuals and…
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Being Fat in America
We can, as a society, be astoundingly cruel to people who are obese. They might be creative, caring and hopeful people, but we don’t see that. Far too often, we see only their weight. What does it say about us that we act as though you can take the measure of a person by the…
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Could Anyone Find This Animal Abuse Tolerable?
On August 21, 2012, the USDA shut down operations at Central Valley Meat Co. in Hanford, Calif. The facility, located at the center of California’s dairy industry, slaughters California dairy cows when their milk production declines and sells their meat to make hamburger for the school lunch program. Federal regulators took the action after receiving…
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Did Monsanto Trick California Voters?
California could have been the first state in the nation to mandate the labeling of genetically engineered foods. We would have joined more than 60 countries where consumers have the right to know if their food has been genetically modified. But the prospect of Proposition 37 terrified the junk food and pesticide companies that want to keep…
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Great News For Animal Lovers
In one of history’s most stunning victories for humane farming, Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Coles, will as of January 1st stop selling company branded pork and eggs from animals kept in factory farms. As an immediate result, 34,000 mother pigs will no longer be kept in stalls for long periods of their lives, and 350,000 hens will…
