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Michigan Passes Factory Farm Reform (Effective 2019)

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm recently signed a bill into law that phases out veal crates for calves within three years, and battery cages for laying hens and gestation crates for breeding sows within ten years. The law prohibits a Michigan farm operator or owner from...

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Sow Stalls - They Can Only Move Slightly Back & Forth

Barbara McPherson

Federal Dollars Subsidize NY CAFOs - Publicly Funded Cruelty

Dollars flow from federal coffers to support the largest of New York's dairy, poultry and pig CAFOs. A review of public records from 1995 through 2006 show that New York's CAFOs have been receiving generous public...

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New York "PHARMS" Serve Up Adulterated Meat

Last January, Papas Dairy in North Bangor, New York received a letter from the Public Health Service of the Food and Drug Administration's New York District Office in Buffalo, New York. Papas Dairy is a dairy CAFO, registered with New York State's DEC that maintains...

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The "Animal PHARM" - Antibiotic Farming in America

An estimated 70% of the antibiotics and other microbial drugs used in the United States are fed to farm animals for non-therapeutic purposes, including (i) growth promotion; and (ii) compensation for crowded, unsanitary, and stressful farming and transportation conditions....

created by oppknx | 13 wks ago | updated 13 wks ago
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