Ron Koertge: An Old Farmer
still has a few cows and goats he helped into this world, then fed with a bottle. They follow him everywhere, eyes rolled up in adoration.
Video: Fleshwork
At a butcher shop in Jeromesville, Ohio, four meat processors situate their labor within their own minds and bodies.
Julia Conley: Ignoring ‘Mounting Threat to Clean Water,’ EPA Denies Factory Farm Pollution Petition
“We know that animal factories are a huge source of water pollution and that our freshwater is in crisis, and yet EPA has failed to uphold its duty to protect our environment from this industry,” said one advocate.
E. Bailey Norwood, Courtney Bir: 10% of Americans Don’t Eat Meat
The number of Americans who are vegans or vegetarians has doubled in recent years.
Alexis Rhone Fancher: Last Rites
The coyotes were here first! I tell my neighbors when they complain. Between the drought and gentrification the coyotes have turned brazen. Bold as fuck. Scrawny, hunger-crazed creatures. My pets are … Continue reading
Erin Eberle, Anna Lappe: Eating in the Age of Climate Crisis
A recent analysis on land use estimated that livestock production uses 83 percent of the world’s farmland, yet provides only 18 percent of the world’s total calories.
Brett Wilkins: Animal agriculture emits nearly 60% of greenhouse gases, according to new study
If people are concerned about climate change, they should seriously consider changing their dietary habits.
Federico García Lorca: New York (Office and Denunciation)
I know there are mountains and eyeglasses
And wisdom. But I didn’t come to see the sky.
I’m here to see the clouded blood,
the blood that sweeps machines over waterfalls
and the soul toward the cobra’s tongue.
Joe Loria: Factory Farming Is Killing Our Planet. Here’s How.
To protect the planet, we need to protect farmed animals.
