Written by By Casey No sunny days to sweep the clouds away for these hens Times are tough for the egg industry. The Food and Drug Administration is implementing costly regulations in an effort to keep consumers from getting sick. U.S. per capita consumption has been declining since 2005. More and more states are considering legislation to [...]
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Take Action for Turkeys
Of the 10 billion land animals killed for food each year in this country, more than nine billon of them are birds. What’s worse is that these birds also have no leg to stand on, as they are not protected by the federal Animal Welfare Act or the Humane Slaughter Act, and the sparse state [...]
READ MORE »Tell the USDA That Factory Farming Isn’t “Natural”
Farm Sanctuary spoke up, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is listening. In 2007, we formally petitioned the USDA to consider the treatment and living conditions of farm animals when creating rules allowing producers to label food made from their flesh as “natural.” As we explained in our petition to the agency, the term [...]
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