Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator, 2008.05.28
Six months, 250 pounds. That’s Piggy’s destiny in life.01 At first, he’ll double his weight in a few days, then it will double in a week, then every couple of weeks, then every month. It’s incredible, isn’t it, to think that a barnyard animal is capable of growing so large, so quickly.
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Posted by FFC on July 22nd, 2009 :: Filed under
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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.
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Posted by FFC on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under
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October 17, 2008, Letter to the Editor, New York Times
To the Editor:
“Standing, Stretching, Turning Around” (editorial, Oct. 9) does little
to advance the debate on farm animal housing. It accepts completely the hype concerning a California ballot initiative that among other things bans gestation stalls for pregnant sows.
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Posted by FFC on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under
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By Owen Roberts, Guelph Mercury, June 02, 2008
When it comes to what’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 must grow up incredibly fast and stay extremely healthy to be ready for marketing in about 32 days.
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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under
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Source:
Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:36pm GMT
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Researchers in Canada have developed a blood test that can diagnose fatal chronic wasting disease in elk, and believe it may provide a cheap way to screen cattle for mad cow disease.
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Posted by FFC on June 10th, 2009 :: Filed under
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