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Fourth attempted Iowa “ag gag” law fails on first glance by a judge

September 29, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Ag gag” falls on summary judgement             DES MOINES, Iowa––U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose on September 26,  2022 struck down the latest of four attempts by the Iowa legislature to pass an “ag gag” law prohibiting activists and journalists from producing undercover video of activities inside factory farms,  feedlots,  and slaughterhouses. Three of the four […]

Filed Under: Activism, Ag-gag laws, Animal rights & welfare, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Welfare Tagged With: Gary Smith, Judge Stephanie Rose, Kim Reynolds, Mercy for Animals, Merritt Clifton, Rox Laird, Temple Grandin, Terry Brandstad, Tom Miller, William Morris

Fair Oaks Farms stepped in the same crap as the rest of the herd

June 9, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Ag-gag laws, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Becky sandstedt, Gail Eisnitz, H. Glenn Esbenshade, Lynn Becker, Merritt Clifton, Nick Weaver, Stan Curtis, Temple Grandin, Trent Loos

Exposé of “Dairy Disneyland” horrors gives agribiz the runs

June 7, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Fair Oaks Farms’ Dairy Adventure was recently profiled as “One Farm’s Quest to Save Industrial Agriculture”             FAIR OAKS,  Indiana––Undercover video from Fair Oaks Farm in Fair Oaks,  Indiana,  has exposed extensive abuse of young calves at a facility widely billed as exemplifying a new,  humane approach to factory farming. Animal Recovery Mission,  of Miami […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, Pigs, Poultry, USA Tagged With: Emma Moon, Gary Corbett, Merritt Clifton, Mike McCloskey, Mike Pence, Sue McCloskey, Temple Grandin, Wayne Pacelle

Food Fictions by Karen Davis, PhD

December 26, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Farm to Fable:  The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture by Robert Grillo Vegan Publishers (2016).  $13.50 paperback;  $5.99 eBook (PDF/epub/mobi formats) Reviewed by Karen Davis,  Ph.D. Farm to Fable:  The Fictions of Our Animal-Consuming Culture examines the foundations that support humanity’s systematic assault on the identities, bodies and feelings of animals in order to consume them. […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Meat issues, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Karen Davis, Michael Pollan, Robert Grillo, Temple Grandin

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