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	<title>Let's Talk Farm Animals &#187; Education and public awareness</title>
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		<title>Are Consumers Willing to Pay for Animal Welfare?</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2010/07/30/are-consumers-willing-to-pay-for-animal-welfare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We found this article interesting. Although it&#8217;s out of the United States, the findings would be mirrored in Canada  - OFAC
http://www.dairyherd.com/news_editorial.asp?pgID=675&#38;ed_id=11876&#38;news_id=28210&#38;ts=nl2
July 15, 2010 &#8211; Research presented recently at the American Dairy Science Association annual meeting looked at consumer-purchasing decisions when it comes to animal welfare.
What would happen if all consumers were informed about the different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cowgirl blogger; A farmer&#8217;s wife tackles social media</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFAC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited to see the amount of farmers that are using social media outlets to tell their stories about farming. Here&#8217;s a great article from the July 12 edition of the Calgary Herald that features once such farmer. We&#8217;re now following her on Twitter and hope you will too! &#8211; OFAC
Cowgirl blogger; A farmer&#8217;s wife [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity Navigator Downgrades Humane Society of the United States Ranking</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richest Animal Rights Group Now Ranked Lower Than PETA

WASHINGTON, April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) pointed to a newly downgraded rating from Charity Navigator as evidence that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is not adequately fulfilling its stated charitable purpose.
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		<title>Animals aren&#8217;t 4-legged people</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2010/01/06/animals-arent-4-legged-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFAC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 6, 2010 - Happy New Year to the readers of this blog. This article was printed in the Toronto Star over the holiday season and we think this columnist got the issue exactly right. Farm animals aren't pets and they definitely aren't 4-legged people. And, with only 1 in every 46 Canadians now actively farming, there is a huge disconnect between farmers and consumers. Enjoy the read - OFAC

The annoying tendency to anthropomorphize animals is likely from our lost connection to rural life

by Connie Woodcock, Out There

Toronto Sun, December 20, 2009

When I was a little girl, I fell in love with a series of books about a pig named Freddy and his barnyard friends on the Bean farm in New York State.

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		<title>TV host curious about attacks on animal ag</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCFACC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dairy Herd news source  &#124;  Friday, October 30, 2009
Mike Rowe, host of the show “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel, has been trying to separate myth from reality when it comes to farming and many other occupations in this country.
“Anybody from a city, in my opinion, who spends a day, a week, maybe even [...]]]></description>
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