livestock
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China just said what the U.S. never has: Eat less meat
China’s new food guidelines could put a huge dent in global emissions.
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Antibiotic use went up last year. Should we be freaking out?
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are also on the rise, explains Chicken Little.
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Where ‘the whole animal’ meets pink slime
How do we balance what we've learned about pink slime in recent weeks with important messages about eating meat more efficiently and reducing our overall intake?
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Four important food and farm stories you may have missed
Antibiotics, eggs, nitrogen, and Monsanto's new seeds: A food politics news roundup.
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Home on the range: Can grass-based ranching be scaled up sustainably?
As new science reiterates the importance of cutting down on red meat, can a proposed grass-fed cattle ranch in Florida bring the eat-better-quality-meat-less-often approach to the mainstream?
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Rancher sticks up for animals in factory farm country
Farmer and strongman Kevin Fulton has taken on the admirable if unenviable task of bridging conventional agriculture and animal rights.
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Undead laws: ‘Ag-gag bills’ are back to keep factory farm abuse a secret
A look inside Iowa's just-passed bill, which would prohibit employees from taking jobs in concentrated animal feeding operations solely to document animal abuse.
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Finally, a smoking gun connecting livestock antibiotics and superbugs
New science draws a straight line between antibiotic-resistant staph and the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. Now, if only our lawmakers would do something with the information.
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Ad nauseam: Did Chipotle’s Grammy ad scare Big Ag?
Big Ag interests like the Farm Bureau want Americans to see alternatives to factory farming -- as shown in the recent Chipotle ad -- as nostalgic and unrealistic.