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	<title>Let's Talk Farm Animals &#187; Research</title>
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		<title>Farmers understand benefits of animal welfare</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2010/05/20/farmers-understand-benefits-of-animal-welfare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farmers must take the lead on animal welfare &#8211; their livelihoods depend on it. We like this article, published recently in the Guelph Mercury newspaper, that discusses this fact and a recent national funding announcement designed to take animal welfare even further in Canada &#8211; OFAC
Farmers understand benefits of animal welfare
Guelph Mercury
Owen Roberts
May 10, 2010
Healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Be Fooled. Science Is Always Politicized</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2010/01/22/dont-be-fooled-science-is-always-politicized/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OFAC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting perspective on science and politics.  There are lots of parallels between the misconceptions and debates around climate change and those around animal welfare &#8211; OFAC.
By Ronald L. Doering
In spite of the media treatment of them, there is nothing that is surprising about the now famous Climategate emails. Surprise could only come from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poultry production has lower carbon footprint than other livestock systems</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2009/07/21/poultry-production-has-lower-carbon-footprint-than-other-livestock-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Farmers Weekly Interactive 22/11/2007 
Poultry meat uses less global energy than other livestock systems and
intensive poultry uses less than free range and organic, according to new research.
Adrian Williams, senior research fellow at Cranfield University recently carried out a DEFRA-funded project that calculated the life cycle assessment (LCA) of different farming systems. The concept looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Egg Producers: Are Free Range Birds Happier? Maybe Not!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRNewswire, ATLANTA, Dec. 19 / 2007
Animal rights activists have long alleged that hens in modern cages live a horribly stressed life, but new research appears to debunk those claims. Researchers have discovered that free range hens experience just as much or more stress than hens raised in modern, conventional cages.

A recent study conducted by Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every day counts for chicken farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.letstalkfarmanimals.ca/2009/07/19/every-day-counts-for-chicken-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Owen Roberts, Guelph Mercury, June 02, 2008
When it comes to what&#8217;s called broiler chickens, the ones that are processed into food, every day counts. In just five-ish weeks, they hatch from eggs, grow and find their way to our dinner plates. That brief time period is fascinating from a nutrition perspective, because a bird [...]]]></description>
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