“The single worst thing you can do to an animal emotionally is to make it feel afraid. Fear is so bad for animals I think it is worse than pain…Even an animal who’s completely alone and giving full expression to severe pain acts less incapacitated than an animal who’s scared…and [...]
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6 Horrifying Facts about Chickens: A Wake-Up Call for the Meat Industry
Today about 9 billion chickens are raised for food in the U.S. annually, a staggering 1400% increase from 50 years ago. Back then, the chicken were raised by more than 1.6 million independent farmers, while today less than 30,000 farms — many of them concentrated factory farms — raise billions of [...]
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“A Game Changer for Public Health:” McDonald’s Announces Plan for Healthier Chicken…
The overuse of antibiotics on farm animals has been responsible for outbreaks of one of the most life-threatening food-borne health problems in years, but now the world’s biggest fast food giant is pledging to make a change. Its competitors in the fast casual food segment like Panera Bread and [...]
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Chipotle’s Founder Speaks Out: I Saw “Absolutely the Most Disgusting Thing” at McDonald’s Farm
The Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have a history together, and now it appears as if they may have a bit of a “beef” — over the latter company’s standards for chicken, that is. A lot of people still aren’t aware of it, but Chipotle is no longer affiliated with [...]
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Free-Range or Pastured? Demystifying What Egg Carton Label Claims Actually Mean
Food companies employ whole teams of marketing professionals tasked with making their products look desirable to consumers, and that can make life difficult at the grocery store. One of the most difficult types of food labels to figure out are those that are attached egg cartons, with so many similar-sounding [...]
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“I Saw Horrid Despair…” Investigation Alleges “Certified Humane” Fraud at Whole Foods (with Video)
The demand for organic food, including more pastured meat and eggs, is rising across America as more and more people have taken a direct interest in where their food comes from, not to mention a stance against factory farming. In order to meet this growing demand, companies like Whole Foods [...]
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