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Hog Factories are Evil Part 1232

Posted in Environment, Food, Health on August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »

This rather interesting study tracks the movement and evolution of antibiotic resistance from hog cesspools (lagoons) caused by factory production (hog farming) of pig meat. You see, in order to pack that many hogs together and not cause them to keel over and die from disease, they have to be pumped full of antibiotics. Guess [...]

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Factory Farm Maps

Posted in Environment, Food on August 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Want to know where the factory farms are? Want to see a nice graphical representation of the number of hogs, or cows, or chickens that live next to you in factory conditions? Well, look no further than Factory Farm Map.
You will find, for instance, that Iowa is the hog king at 13 million hogs, [...]

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Melamine – Now in Humans

Posted in Health on April 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Once again, there’s no evidence that melamine at such low levels would pose any threat to humans. (or pigs, I guess, they have other issues to worry about!). It is the lack of ingredients control, and the casual diversion of food considered unfit for pet consumption to animal feed. If you did this to some [...]

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Hog Factories Hit the NY Times

Posted in Environment, Health on March 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »

The tale is told from the pig’s viewpoint. Of course, as I have mentioned before, hog factories are evil and affect the people (mostly poor and black) who live around them in very many horrible ways.
Pig Out – NY Times
Of the 60 million pigs in the United States, over 95 percent are continuously confined [...]

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Rolling Stone Magazine Expose’ on the Pork Industry

Posted in Environment on January 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Excellent article, read in full, and let the next mass market pig you eat weigh on your conscience a little bit.
I have attended meetings organized by the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network recently, and Smithfield foods is high on their agenda for the mind blowing pollution that overwhelmingly affects the poor and rural African-American [...]

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Hogwash!!!

Posted in Environment on March 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

From the annals of “Make them Laugh”
newsobserver.com | Local & State
North Carolina has spent six years searching for systems to replace hog lagoons — the open air ponds used to treat waste at hog farms. But according a $17.3-million study’s final results, released today, researchers haven’t found workable alternatives. Mike Williams, a N.C. State University [...]

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