Tag: farming

First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Filming a Slaughterhouse From the Street

First “Ag-Gag” Prosecution: Filming a Slaughterhouse From the Street

Will Potter, Green Is The New Red
Waking Times

Amy Meyer wanted to see the slaughterhouse for herself. She had heard that anyone passing by could view the animals, so she drove to Dale Smith Meatpacking Company in Draper City, Utah, and from the side of the road she could … More

April 29, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
Duke Professor Suggests Simple Solution to Counter “Ag-Gag” Laws

Duke Professor Suggests Simple Solution to Counter “Ag-Gag” Laws

Waking Times

The old maxim that if you knew how sausage was made you would never eat it has been highlighted by many undercover videos taken by employees of factory farming operations and activists alike.In response, the industry has increasingly lobbied for “Ag-Gag” laws that criminalize whistleblowing and undercover investigations, … More

April 17, 2013 | By | 3 Replies More
How GMO Farming and Food Is Making Our Gut Flora Unfriendly

How GMO Farming and Food Is Making Our Gut Flora Unfriendly

Sayer Ji, Green Med Info
Waking Times 

Two studies published in the past six months reveal a disturbing finding: glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup® appear to suppress the growth of beneficial gut bacteria, leading to the overgrowth of extremely pathogenic bacteria.

Late last year, in an article titled … More

March 28, 2013 | By | 2 Replies More
Where is All the Food?

Where is All the Food?

Wayne Weiseman, Guest Writer
Waking Times

When a product enters the marketplace it is doomed to be bandied about, prodded, poked and eventually, if it is a “valuable” commodity, confiscated, manipulated, packaged, politicized, corporatized, chained to will-o’-the-wisp market forces and forever relegated to the dungeon of the landfill, what’s … More

December 26, 2012 | By | 1 Reply More
The Hemp Conspiracy: Why U.S. Hemp Farming Was Banned

The Hemp Conspiracy: Why U.S. Hemp Farming Was Banned

Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer
Waking Times

For thousands of years industrial hemp was a common staple. It fed us, clothed us, housed us, sailed our ships with hemp rope and sails, it was part of our livelihood.

Then, in the early 1900s, it was banned and pushed aside.

Why? Why … More

June 27, 2012 | By | 7 Replies More
Goodbye, Factory Farm: ‘Food, Inc.’ Chicken Farmer Goes Rogue

Goodbye, Factory Farm: ‘Food, Inc.’ Chicken Farmer Goes Rogue

Megan Bedard
Take Part

“Know where your food comes from and how it got to your table. Know your farmer!” says Carole Morison, a proud new free-range farm owner.

When Food, Inc.—a documentary exposing the highly mechanized food industry—hit theaters in 2008, it left many Americans feeling queasy about … More

May 9, 2012 | By | 1 Reply More
Baker’s Green Acres vs. the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Video)

Baker’s Green Acres vs. the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (Video)

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A family farm in rural Michigan may be shut down by a Government Entity who has passed a law stating that the breed of hogs they are raising are a threat to neighboring croplands. In truth, the Big Pork Industry has been planning this campaign to take down all … More

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Ahimsa – Vegan Farm Sanctuary (Video)

Ahimsa – Vegan Farm Sanctuary (Video)

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Ahimsa is a Sanskrit word that means no harm or no violence. It is the philosophy by which Gandhi led his life. In this film we journey to a farm animal sanctuary in Colorado and meet people who live by the concept of Ahimsa and see how it affects … More

March 15, 2012 | By | 1 Reply More