Tag: Animal Welfare
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Are Eggs Healthy for You — And for the Planet?
Are eggs an egg-cellent addition to a healthy diet? Or not?
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General Mills Commits to Cage-Free Eggs
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on HumaneSociety.org Within the last six months or so, we’ve worked with many of the biggest names in the food business to announce their commitment to stop selling eggs from caged hens. Aramark, Compass Group, Dunkin Brands, Hilton, Kellogg, Nestle, Sodexo, Starbucks, and Walmart have all made public pledges…
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News: Walmart, Nation’s Biggest Food Seller, Adopts Principles for More Humane Treatment of Farm Animals
By Wayne Pacelle • Originally posted on HumaneSociety.org On May 22, Walmart, one of the world’s biggest companies – and the nation’s biggest food seller by a long shot – announced it has adopted the “five freedoms” principles for farm animals, effectively renouncing the use of extreme confinement and other abusive practices in animal agriculture,…
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European Union Bans Cosmetic Testing on Animals
From Mother Nature Network’s Starre Vartan The European Coalition to End Animal Experiments has something to celebrate this winter; after years (23 to be exact) of effort, the group has succeeded in banning the use of animals in cosmetics testing in all member countries of the European Union. As of March 11, all personal care products, from…
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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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Greed, Cancer and Pink KFC Buckets
We live in a world of profound contradictions. Some things are just unbelievably strange. At times I feel like I’ve found a way to adapt to the weirdness of the world, and then along comes something that just boggles my mind. The largest grassroots breast cancer advocacy group in the world, a group called “Susan…
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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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The Dark Side of Happy Cows
In July 2010, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that essentially prohibits, starting in 2015, any egg from being sold in the state that comes from caged hens. This bill became law 20 months after a majority of California voters approved Proposition 2, making it clear that concern for the living conditions of livestock…
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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…
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How Egg Industry Greed Caused The Salmonella Outbreak
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For years, the U.S. egg industry has been telling us that there is no connection between salmonella outbreaks and the practice of cramming layer hens into cages so small the birds can’t lift a single wing. It’s been their party line for so long they’ve probably begun to actually believe it. Earlier this year, the…
