Impossible Burgers, cell-cultured ice cream, & goldfish crackers––& goldfish crackers may scare the animal-based food industry most of all EMERYVILLE, California––Now you can order vegan Impossible Burgers to be delivered for a midnight meal, as thousands of people have already done. As of July 11, 2019, you could have real vegan ice cream for […]
Fair Oaks Farms stepped in the same crap as the rest of the herd
Cell phone videocams open factory farms to public view Ignoring 30 years of warnings by leading U.S. agribusiness educators and pundits has at last visibly begun to cost the livestock industry consumer confidence, as evidenced by the explosive growth in sales of plant-based protein foods and steeply declining dairy, meat, and poultry consumption among younger […]
Beyond Meat: supermarket invasion trips vegan police alarms
“Plant-based patties” accepted as “meat”––& that scares the meat industry too OAK HARBOR, Washington––The entire future of animal agriculture and plant-based alternatives flashed before our eyes a few days ago at the Safeway supermarket. Nobody died, certainly no animals, but that was just the point. We were at Safeway buying groceries a few minutes […]
U.S. & Canadian courts favor farmed animals five times in a week
Jurisdictional issues guided four of the five decisions WASHINGTON D.C., DES MOINES, Iowa, TORONTO, Ontario––A January 2019 blizzard of court decisions, rendered in both the U.S. and Canada, appear to have come down heavily in favor of improved animal welfare law enforcement on behalf of farmed animals. The effect of the U.S. decisions will […]
Ban “nut meat”! cries animal agribusiness
Animal ag biz strategists fear they can’t beat “clean meat” WASHINGTON D.C.––Killing the first edition of the 2018 Farm Bill on May 18, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives kicked many a highly politicized can down the street for later consideration, including the first legislative attempt to determine what sort of can and labeling will […]
Animal advocacy cases in the forefront of defense of civil liberties
Buffalo Field Campaign won relevant precedent just one day before U.S. Senate fracas WASHINGTON D.C.––Legal precedents won by animal advocates are among the most recent of many behind the July 25, 2017 advice of the American Civil Liberties Union to protesters and news media that “Police may not delete photographs without a warrant, period.” […]
Lawyers line up to sue USDA-APHIS over law enforcement info deletions
HSUS is first to file notice WASHINGTON D.C.––The Humane Society of the U.S. appears to have been the first organization to file notice of a legal challenge to the February 3, 2017 purge of USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service law enforcement data from the USDA-APHIS web site. USDA-APHIS deleted without prior warning […]
Why people who care about animals won’t vote for Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton had 91% positive record on animal issues as U.S. Senator, according to Humane Scorecard WASHINGTON D.C.––If personal history, campaign promises, and political affiliations pertaining to animal issues decided who would be elected U.S. President on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Republican candidate Donald Trump would be at risk of suffering a shutout loss. […]
Do farmed animal standards mix with gin?
Agribiz group VP becomes VP for American Humane Association WASHINGTON D.C.––What does it signify that American Humane Association chief marketing officer and vice president of communications Jack Hubbard came to that position in May 2016 after nine years as vice president of the aggressively anti-animal and habitat advocacy public relations firm Richard Berman & Company, […]
Raw milk, pit bulls, exotics & chicken poop
Should the public be protected from lethal consequences of others’ lifestyle choices? CHARLESTON, West Virginia––Raw milk enthusiasts in the West Virginia legislature first cheered after opening a legal loophole through which unpasteurized milk may be sold, then puked after sampling raw milk shared around by House of Delegates member Scott Cadle. Raw milk enthusiasts, […]