Posts tagged factory farms
Wastelands: The true story of farm country on trial
Wastelands: The true story of farm country on trial

Unlike wildfire smoke or oil spills, pollution from hog farms is not something you can easily capture in a photograph. This issue is the subject of Wastelands, a nonfiction environmental legal thriller by Corban Addison, an attorney and novelist. The 400-page book reports on a series of court cases filed against Smithfield Foods by neighbors of its industrial hog operations.

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Farm Animal Welfare, Public health/Food justiceNicole Burnsbooks, books with environmental message, book review, pigs, pig farming, pig facts, pig books, CAFOs, industrial farming, meat industry, Ecological Impact Of Meat Industry, pollutants, pollution and factory farms, factory farms, factory farming, health dangers of factory farming, legal, wastelands, corbin addison Comment
The new rules have not made meatpacking work safer
The new rules have not made meatpacking work safer

Frontline meatpackers work in such close proximity that meat processing plants continue to be hot spots for Covid-19. These already perilous workplaces have become easily among the most dangerous in the country.

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Public health/Food justiceCristin Nelsoncovid-19, pandemic, meat processing, factory farms, factory farming and pandemics, factory farming, COVID-19, meat industry, health dangers of factory farming, worker safety, meatpacking, line speed, leah garcesComment
Plant based makeovers for your favorite meals
Plant based makeovers for your favorite meals

Plant based is more popular than ever. It’s easy to recreate your favorite meals in a way that respects people, animals, and the planet. Follow this guide to get creative and do it yourself!

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The link between meat and pandemics
The link between meat and pandemics

The origins of COVID-19 are, at present, still unclear. However, there is a growing consensus that the global demand for animal products is one of the largest risk factors for pandemics like it.

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Public health/Food justiceTia Schwabfactory farms, pandemic, zoonotic disease, public health, plant-based eating, meat consumption, meat demand, poultry farms, pig farms, COVID-19, factory farming and pandemics, michael greger, paul shapiro, good food institute, viral pandemics, does eating meat cause pandemicsComment