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Spittin' mad. That's the only way to put it.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) makes conventional U.S. livestock farmers downright, wet-hen, cat-in-a-blender, spittin' mad. When HSUS manages to alter state constitutions to ban battery cages and gestation crates, well, you better start bringing guns to your knife fights, vegans.
As we reported back here, Big Ag has been spouting off that the natural foodies' best chain-restaurant option, Chipotle Mexican Grill, buys "natural" beef from one of the biggest livestock CAFOs on Planet Earth, Harris Beef Ranch (HR). Considering the source, we wanted to know more. Read more...
As we reported here, Big Ag is going after Chipotle Mexican Grill, and, while it's just a little internet poke right now, it's at least a little bit coordinated. Read more...
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS), a proposed system for tagging all livestock in the US with chips for the sake of food safety tracking, is dying of oxygen deprivation according to the excellent Jill Richardson over at La Vida Locavore. Read more...
Check out this terrific piece on last year's beef recall over at the Inland News (Riverside, CA) . The lede is the bottom line:
A year after the largest beef recall in U.S. history, the federal government has failed to recoup the costs, deliver a promised policy change or complete its investigation into who was to blame for the illegal abuse and slaughter of suffering cows at a Chino meat plant.
I know. You're shocked. Read more...
Jill Richardson, over at La Vida Locavore, is procrastinating on her book, and, accordingly, blogging up a storm. Well, her delay is our gain! She reports today that Mexico is is suspending US imports of meat.
From the goblueridge.net article that Jill cites:
According to the Associated Press, other companies that will be affected by this move are Tyson Foods, Inc., Cargill Inc., ConAgra Foods Inc., and Swift Foods Inc.
The ban could greatly affect Tyson because high feed prices have already strained its profits and Mexico represented 23 percent of its international sales in 2008. Read more...
