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Court Strikes Down ‘Ag-Gag’ Law That Criminalized Undercover Reporting, Says It Violated First Amendment

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Last updated on: February 6, 2019

Up until last month in Iowa, there was an “ag-gag” law that made it illegal to lie about your intentions when accessing an agricultural production facility. On January 9th a federal court struck down the law, deeming it unconstitutional. The… [read]

The US Has a 2.5 Billion-pound Surplus of Meat and A 1.39 Billion-pound Surplus of Cheese

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Last updated on: August 1, 2018

The factory-farming meat and dairy industries produce more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than the transportation industry, yet we are producing far more meat and dairy than we can consume. The US Department of Agriculture also says that our meat producers… [read]

Record Levels of Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Found in Grocery Store Chicken

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Researchers in the United Kingdom have found that supermarket chickens have a higher proportion of Campylobacter bacteria than they did ten years ago. Drug-resistant Campylobacter is a major cause of concern for health officials, with more than 300,000 infections a… [read]

Are You Ready To Pay A Tax For Meat?

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Last updated on: December 28, 2017

Governments are brainstorming for ways to combat the devastating environmental effects of factory farming, and several countries in Europe are calling for a tax on meat. No other industry involves the most pressing environmental and health issues of today, like… [read]

Farms Reduce Livestock Antibiotic Usage For First Time, Report Shows

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Last updated on: December 23, 2019

The yearly Food and Drug Administration report on the sale of “medically important” antibiotics for food-producing animals has been released, and it’s good news. For the first time since the FDA started tracking these sales in 2009, sales of medically… [read]

The Key to Happiness is Going Vegan, Affirms World Happiness Expert

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Last updated on: November 25, 2017

Matthieu Ricard is a former French genetic scientist, Tibetan monk, and author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill. His designation as the world’s happiest man is the result of a scientific research done on him and… [read]