Tag: animal well-being
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Stella the Chicken(s) Update – Sad News on the FroBuzz Ranchero
A Barred Rock chick who survived the heinous attack This post was going to start out very cheery with an update on nutrition and growth about my Barred Rock chicks who are all named Stella. But tragic news has struck the ranch – three little Stellas have left this Earth. I was going into town…
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Get Ready – Here Comes Horse Slaughter!
Here – you can listen to this while you read this. A little pep in your step. It seems that horse-slaughter starting up in the U.S. is not as far off as it may have seemed. Valley Meat Company in Roswell, New Mexico may only be weeks away from accepting horses for slaughter. The plant…
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Chipotle: That’s Not Natural
Chipotle appears on my blog often – the burrito giant often brags about sourcing naturally raised meats while condemning conventional agriculture and even goes to such lengths to produce anti-conventional agriculture videos that are glaringly inaccurate, which makes them a high priority on the list of blog topics. Which is why this photo I saw…
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Which Food Service Companies Ban Gestation Stalls?
image from here It seems like almost every month another food service provider breaks with the news that they are going to be phasing out gestation stalls. I have scoured searched a little bit on the internet for a succinct list of all these food companies but haven’t been very successful. Then I thought to…