Posts Tagged ‘livestock’

Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections 2 (video)

In part 2, Kathy Hessler, Director of the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland (Oregon), discusses some of the important work that is being done to try and address the problems associated with factory farms. According to Hessler, this effort involves a large coalition of folks from different states, as [...]

Factory Farms: Animal Welfare, No Legal Protections (video)

The director of the Animal Law Clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School, discusses the animal welfare laws pertaining to factory farms.

Six Speak Out on Preventing Cruelty on the Farm

May 11, 2011 A variety of voices are being raised on NYTime’s ‘Room for Debate‘ opinion page this week, with the subject header being Preventing Cruelty on the Farm. This is an important topic that warrants discussion as a number of states consider changing laws that prohibit photographs or filming of a farm without that [...]

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out-2 (video)

Editorial In part 2, Dan Imhoff continues his talk about CAFO’s to a Friends of Family Farmers audience concerned about the health and wellbeing of their communities, and who support the creation of more sustainable, and environmentally healthy alternatives from that of our heavily industrialized, food system. Much of Imhoff’s talk centers around ideas that [...]

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations—CAFO’s: Dan Imhoff Speaks Out (video)

The modern day CAFO, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations is both a crowning achievement of human scientific prowess, but also a profound example of monumental hubris with terrible consequences unfolding now, and yet to unfold.

Nathan Winters Coming Soon to CUpS

During the summer of 2009, Nathan Winters spent 5 months pedaling across the country—4300 miles— to rediscover our food system. Along the way he interviewed farmers, activists, educators, food entrepreneurs, and others, to capture the rich flavors of those strongly connected to the land and to creating a sustainable future. As he applies the finishing [...]

Food Supply Chain Competition

December 10, 2010 The final Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy workshop put on by the USDA and the Department of Justice was held December 08, 2010, in Washington, DC. This last workshop, entitled Margins, was to “look at the discrepancies between the prices received by farmers and the prices paid [...]

Big Table Farm

December 08, 2010 After living on the East Coast and working at an ad agency for several years, artist Clare Carver packed her bags and moved West. One thing or another led her to begin farming 70 acres and making vino with partner (and winemaker) Brian Marcy at Big Table Farm. What is inspirational about [...]