Jane Mead: Passing a Truck Full of Chickens/at Night on Highway Eighty
I saw the one that made me slow some—
I lingered there beside her for five miles.
Vicky Bond: How Humans Get Sick From Other Animals
The growing emergence of diseases from animals suggests that we need to rethink our reliance on animals as a food source.
Reynard Loki: How to Fix Our Food System
The facts are clear and they are shocking: Factory farming is unhealthy for consumers, dangerous for workers, and devastating for the environment, and it is the largest cause of animal cruelty in the history of mankind.
For the First Time, U.S. Agencies Consider a Diet for a Healthy Planet
The science is clear: a diet with less meat and more plant protein is better for our health and the health of the planet. If the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Committee has … Continue reading
Video: Arsenic, dioxin, illegal hormones fed to chickens
Dr. Michael Greger reports that new lab results show that many chickens raised in factory farms have been fed illegal substances including arsenic, dioxin, and hormones that cause vaginal cancer. … Continue reading
