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POTOMAC RIVERKEEPER — “If the Corporate CAFO (Confined Animal Feed Operations) and the Farm Bureau are successful, it will roll back core Clean Water Act protections that safeguard human health and the environment from unregulated releases of animal waste .. – EcoWatch: http://ecowatch.org/2012/stop-factory-farms/
WATCH:
A RIVER OF WASTE
This documentary looks at the potential hazards caused by factory farms in the United States, particularly by waste disposal. Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://sco.lt/5WwPVx
- ▶ ALTERING OUR COWS TO ELIMINATE "STENCH" AND PRODUCE MORE MILK BY INJECTING THEM WITH rBST http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Cattle_flatulence_doesnt_stink_with_biotechnology_999.html
April 22, 2013 - Humanosphere
STATE DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARMS - ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION RESPONDS http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/environmental-coalition-responds-to-state-deregulation-of-industrial-dairy-farms
VIDEO INVESTIGATION
April 9, 2013 - Democracy Now
**** AFTER ACTIVISTS COVERTLY EXPOSE ANIMAL CRUELTY IN FACTORY FARMS, SHOULD THEY BE TARGETED WITH "AG-GAG" LAWS? http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/9/debate_after_activists_covertly_expose_animal
NPR, December 27, 2013
- ▶ 2013 WAS THE YEAR BILLS TO CRIMINALIZE ANIMAL CRUELTY VIDEOS FAILED http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/12/19/255549796/2013-was-the-year-every-new-ag-gag-bill-failed
June 17, 2013 Treehugger
- ▶ AG GAG LAWS ARE GROWING THREAT TO FREE SPEECH AND FOOD SAFETY http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/ag-gag-laws-are-growing-threat-free-speech-and-food-safety.html
Mother Jones July/August Issue
- ▶ YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT PORK PRODUCERS DO TO PREGNANT PIGS? http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/06/pregnant-sows-gestation-crates-abuse
An Image Says A Thousand Words
FACTORY FARM GESTATION CRATES
Google Image Search http://ow.ly/m8yl3
Nation of Change, September 21, 2013
- ▶ CORPORATIONS/LOBBYISTS RULE: GOODBYE ORGANIC EGGS
PROPOSED FDA FOOD SAFETY RULES SUPPORT FACTORY FARM CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THREATEN TRUE FAMILY FARMING - : http://www.nationofchange.org/proposed-fda-food-safety-rules-support-factory-farming-threaten-family-farms-1379774141
An Image Says A Thousand Words
FEED LOT CATTLE http://ow.ly/mEGS1
April 25, 2013 - Washington Post
- ▶ AT CHICKEN PLANTS, CHEMICALS BLAMED FOR HEALTH AILMENT ARE POISED TO PROLIFERATE http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-chicken-plants-chemicals-blamed-for-health-ailments-are-poised-to-proliferate/2013/04/25/d2a65ec8-97b1-11e2-97cd-3d8c1afe4f0f_story.html
- ▶ THE DRUG STORE IN AMERICAN MEAT: CAFOs AND INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING YOUR MEAT http://sco.lt/5pYaYr
- ▶ ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG LAWS AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK ABOUT YOUR FACTORY FARMED FOOD - PIGS, CHICKENS, VEAL, DAIRY, TURKEY, DUCKS http://sco.lt/7aFBUv
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July 23, 2013 Democracy Now
VIDEO REPORT
**** JOURNALISTS, ANIMAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST UTAH "AG-GAG" LAW http://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/23/headlines/journalists_animal_advocates_file_lawsuit_against_utah_ag_gag_law
- ▶ WHAT'S IN FAST FOOD CHICKEN? (Hint: It’s NOT Chicken) http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1785818535/what-s-in-fast-food-chicken-hint-it-s-not-chicken
- ▶ YOUR CHICKENS ARE RAISED ON A STEADY DIET OF PRESCRIPTION, OVER-THE-COUNTER AND EVEN BANNED DRUGS - CAFOS http://www.rodale.com/healthy-chicken?cm_mmc=Twitter-_-Rodale-_-Content-RecentNews-_-disturbingdrugmixchicken
- ▶ Food Inc. - FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 39 DAYS? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1228118054/food-inc-full-grown-chicken-in-49-days
- ▶ 4.3 BILLION CONFINED FARM ANIMALS - CAFOs (Confined Animal Feed Operations http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1480506468/cafos-4-3-billion-confined-farm-animals-pose-environmental-and-public-health-risks
- ▶ 80,000 CHICKEN FARM (CAFO) PROJECT HAS ORGANIC FARMER WORRIED project has organic farmer worried http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2577673216/80-000-chicken-farm-cafo-project-has-organic-farmer-worried
- ▶ FACTORY FARMS AND THE POULTRY INDUSTRY http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3643934709/groups-file-motion-to-stop-factory-farms-from-using-waterways-as-dumping-grounds
- ▶ THE RISE OF THE 'DESIGNER' FARM ANIMAL http://action.raw.info/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=119&ea.campaign.id=22518&ea.tracking.id=1174f49c&utm_campaign=raw&utm_source=shared&utm_medium=link
+++++++++++++++"ENVIROPIGS" +++++++++++++++++++
Rather Than Find An Alternative to Extreme Factory Farming, The Biotech Industry is altering our animals to keep "more of the same" mega-profit factory farming going, with little regulation, oversight, or labeling for consumers:
- ▶ PATENT FOR A PIG: BIOTECH SCIENTISTS "IMPROVE" TRANSGENIC GMO "ENVIROPIGS" http://sco.lt/7hrnF3
- ▶ BLIND, FOOTLESS CHICKENS FOR FUTURE CAFO FACTORY FARMS http://farmwars.info/?p=7897
- ▶ THE RAW TRUTH OF FACTORY FARMING http://www.raw.info/
#GMO
VIDEO
FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 39 DAYS
Growth Hormones For Rapid Growth, 'Efficiency' and Fast Profits
- ▶ CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FARMING - WHAT'S THE BIG SECRET - CAFOs - Take Action with the Pew Environment Group http://sco.lt/8nbPDV
28 Sept. 2012
- ▶ HOW BIG AG LOBBYISTS USE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO PROTECT CORPORATE FACTORY FARMS http://grist.org/food/the-other-white-meat/
- ▶ CAFO - THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories
- ▶ FARM TO FRIDGE - The Truth Behind Meat Production (It's Time To Stop Pretending and Wake-up to Industrial.animal farming http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/994530827/farm-to-fridge-the-truth-behind-meat-production-it-s-time-to-stop-pretending-and-wake-up-to-industrial-farming-now
- ▶ AMERICANS EAT THE CHEAPEST FOOD IN THE WORLD. BUT WHAT IS IT REALLY COSTING US? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1491991502/americans-eat-the-cheapest-food-in-the-world-but-what-is-it-really-costing-us
- ▶ EATING WITH OUR EYES CLOSED - LEGALIZING CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING ANIMAL ABUSE AND PRACTICES http://sco.lt/8IZrqD
- ▶ KFC PARENT COMPANY SORRY OVER CHINA CHICKEN SCARE http://www.seeddaily.com/reports/KFC_parent_company_sorry_over_China_chicken_scare_999.html
WATCH
THE MOST SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO ABOUT FACTORY FARMING - FROM AUSTRALIA http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123800365/watch-the-most-shockingly-beautiful-video-about-factory-farming-from-australia
VIDEO :
WHAT IS FACTORY FARMING? US AND THE PLANET http://sco.lt/8DHbmL
++++MORE ON USA INDUSTRIAL FACTORY FARMING TECHNIQUES AND THE SECRECY IT ENJOYS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=ag+laws
