factory farming

Eat Mor Less Chickennew

Georgians for Pastured Poultry seek to raise awareness of our factory farming problems.

Creative Loafing (Atlanta) | Besha Rodell | 02-15-2012 | Animal Issues

To Food Writer Amy Trubek, Vermont Tastes Like the Futurenew

Trubek's just-released book The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey into Terroir is a shot across the bow of our old system of thought and commerce. But more fundamentally, it shows how a renewed appreciation of the magic of local flavor might just save our collective bacon.

Seven Days | Matt Scanlon | 06-02-2008 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: food, Vermont, factory farming, gardening, locavores, University of Vermont, Amy Trubek, The Taste of Place: A Cultural Journey into Terroir

Monocropping Leads the Way to a Global Food Crisisnew

The global agriculture market is busy cooking up a recipe for disaster. World grain production is on the rise, but this cheap oversupply has put millions of farmers in developing nations out of work. Equally problematic, policy makers are increasingly directing edible calories toward biofuels and animal feed. Meanwhile, impoverished humans starve. Is home gardening an actual answer?

North Bay Bohemian | Alastair Bland | 05-30-2008 | Environment

Tags: food, factory farming, environment, gardening, biofuels, monocrops

PETA Plays Chicken: Animal Rights Group Seeks Fake Meatnew

Is an organization that has traditionally called on people to abandon their desire to consume flesh going soft? And what's with using genetic modification, the bane of the eco movement, in the name of ending factory farming?

NOW Magazine | Paul Terefenko | 05-02-2008 | Food+Drink

Tags: food, factory farming, PETA, meat, fake meat, genetic modification