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	<title>Let's Talk Farm Animals &#187; Meat/slaughter plants</title>
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		<title>If slaughterhouses had glass walls…</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2011/11/21/if-slaughterhouses-had-glass-walls%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Leslie Ballentine, Farm and Food Commentator There is a common saying among vegetarians that “If slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be a vegetarian”.  Having been to all types of meat plants I disagree.  And so did one of North America’s largest processing companies. Their experience proves what I have always promoted; namely, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty jobs list does a disservice to Ag</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leslie Ballentine, Farming and food commentator Finding good employees can be a challenge for many businesses. But according to The Fiscal Times, “dirty jobs” are the most difficult to fill. Included in their list, of “10 Dirty jobs that no one wants” are working on dairy farms and other ag-related operations. The jobs are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recalls happen for a reason, but reasons aren’t an excuse</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2011/06/20/recalls-happen-for-a-reason-but-reasons-aren%e2%80%99t-an-excuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FFC</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/?p=799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Leslie Ballentine, Farming and food commentator Recalls happen either because a company finds a problem on its own or is informed of a problem by someone else, after the product has gone out the door. For farmers and food companies, prevention is the ticket to avoiding these events as well as the financial and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you missed Oprah this week, another inside look at meat processing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  By Leslie Ballentine, Farming and food commentator Some 10 million viewers got a unique opportunity to see inside a large US meat plant this week when The Oprah Show aired a guided tour of one of the world’s largest meat packing plants.  The tour and the Cargill company staff helped to de-mystify a process that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporter feels business end of electric prod</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator, 2008.06.06 The use of battery-powered electric prods to get hogs moving is a controversial animal welfare issue. The prod is poked into the back or rump of the pig and with a push of a button, a flash of electric current jumps between two contacts. It&#8217;s enough to elicit a loud [...]]]></description>
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