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EATS Act Introduced to Block California Animal Confinement Rules
Originally found on Latest updates. By Brian German, Ag New Director, AgNet West The animal confinement rules established in Proposition 12 are now being challenged through Congressional action. Legislation was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate aimed at preventing states and local governments from interfering with agricultural interstate commerce. The Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression ACT,…
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HSUS Execs Hit with New Lawsuit Tied to Sexual Harassment Scandal
Originally found on Latest updates. Article by our friends at HumaneWatch September 3, 2021 Current and former officials with the Humane Society of the United States are defendants in a new lawsuit tied to a sexual harassment scandal at the organization. The lawsuit, which names former CEO Wayne Pacelle, former COO Mike Markarian, and HSUS…
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Nefarious Groups Are Getting Involved with Afghanistan Animal Rescue Efforts
Originally found on Latest updates. Research Before You Donate This week a controversial story broke about the dog and cat evacuation from Afghanistan by an organization called Nowzad, which works with Kabul Small Animal Rescue. Then, a viral photograph of dog crates in Afghanistan set off a social media storm which prompted the Department of…
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Regulatory Hell: Farmer and Veteran Wins 10-Year Wetlands Fight with Government
Originally found on Latest updates. Protect The Harvest Advisory Committee member Gary Baise was interviewed in this article and shared his personal and professional insights. By CHRIS BENNETT Farm Journal Inc, Ag Web August 30, 2021 When the federal government placed a regulatory bull’s-eye on 2.2 acres of Nick Smith’s farmland, the tiny designation stretched…
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Six Ingredients that Take the Plant Out of “Plant-Based”
Originally found on Latest updates. From a Clean Food Facts blog post Do you consider “pea protein isolate” or “expeller pressed canola oil” to be vegetables? Chances are you’ve heard of plant-based meat. The products have taken grocery stores and fast-food chains by storm. But despite being called “plant-based”, these foods really aren’t the best…
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Faunalytics: Animal Extremist Group that Poses as Researchers
Originally found on Latest updates. Faunalytics is an animal extremist and veganism group that spews out research projects, some of which are theirs, all in the hopes of destroying animal agriculture and forcing a vegan diet on the world. Even their name describes what they do. “Fauna”, comes from the Roman goddess Fauna, the goddess…
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Long Live NYC’s Carriage Horses
Originally found on Latest updates. From an article in the New York Daily News by Tony Utano, President Transit Workers Union Local 100 and John Samuelson, President International Transit Workers Union Love horses? Treat yourself, or someone you know, to a Central Park horse-carriage ride. Horses are domesticated animals that thrive when working and interacting…
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Oregon Ballot Initiative Would Criminalize Hunting, Livestock Slaughter, Even Pest Control
Originally found on Latest updates. from an article in the Washington Examiner by Tim Gruver, The Center Square Hunting, breeding livestock, even pest control would be all but illegal under a ballot initiative backed by Oregon animal rights activists and opposed by incensed Oregon farmers. The proposal, Initiative Petition 13, would lift virtually all exemptions…
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Things Animal Rights Activists Say: 2021 Edition
Originally found on Latest updates. From an opinion piece in Farm Journal’s Pork magazine by Hannah Thompson-Weeman A major part of the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s work to safeguard the future of animal agriculture and its value to society is monitoring animal rights activist organizations. While animal rights proponents make up an incredibly small percentage of…
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The Impact of Food Elitism
Originally found on Latest updates. By Jaclyn Krymowski for Protect The Harvest Access to adequate food is an extremely important topic. All people deserve to have access to safe and nutritious foods. In today’s society, there are numerous questions to ask about food, food security, and the recent focus on elite foods. • Are various…