By KIM HARLESS, February 26, 2007, Farmers Advance (OHIO)
The public has many misconceptions about the modern food system. Many of those misconceptions have been developed by authors with fine intentions, but a serious lack of understanding.
Unfortunately, once a so-called “fact” is in print, it is often repeated endlessly and used to build other “facts.”
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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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The Washington Times, October 17, 2008
Wendy’s coined the phrase “Where’s the beef?” in the 1980s. Today, it seems that meat is out, and more expensive soy products and supplements are in. Helped by activist groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), who cry “Meat is murder,” they make Americans feel embarrassed to bite into a steak or take a swig of milk.
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Posted by FFC on July 13th, 2009 :: Filed under
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By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press, Jan 07, 2009
Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team — a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that’s nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian.
”I get a lot of flak for it in the locker room,” said the 16-year-old junior at Westborough High School in Massachusetts.
”All the time, my friends try to get me to eat meat and tell me how good it tastes and how much bigger I would be,” said Silverman, who is 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds. ”But for me, there’s no real temptation.”
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Posted by FFC on June 10th, 2009 :: Filed under
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