Factory Farming News
Threatening our Health
- FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock Los Angeles Times, 9th January 2012
- New research offers insight into devastating pig disease Farming Farming News, 8th July 2011
- Cheap meat, MRSA and deadly greed The Independent, 17th June 2011
- The food chain is almost broken. Who will reforge the links of trust? The Guardian, 5th June 2011
- We should all have a beef with factory farming The Telegraph, 3rd June 2011
- Intensive agriculture implicated in transmission of deadly Nipah virus to humans EcoHealth Alliance, 1st June 2011
- Overuse of drugs in animal farming linked to growing antibiotic-resistance in humans The Ecologist, 23rd May 2011
- Flies and cockroaches carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria from factory farms, study finds Grist, 25th February 2011
- Today’s Food System: All Drugged Up Huffington Post, 2nd February 2011
- Deadly superbugs are spread miles from farms by house flies Daily Mail, 26th January 2011
- Pig MRSA widespread in Europe The Ecologist, 25th November 2009
- The Path of a Pandemic: Mexico not the source of swine flu? Newsweek, 2nd May 2009
- The pigs’ revenge The Guardian, 2nd May 2009
- Johann Hari: Life-threatening disease is the price we pay for cheap meat The Independent, 1st May 2009
- Swine flu: The predictable pandemic? New Scientist, 29th April 2009
- Swine flu: is intensive pig farming to blame? The Guardian, 28th April 2009
Polluting the Environment
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The Bacon Uprising: How China’s Top-Secret Strategic Pork Reserve Is Burning Down The Amazon Fast Company, 14th July, 2011
- World Pork Expo ignores hog farming’s environmental implications The Daily Iowan, 10th June, 2011
- Getting to know your bacon: Hogs, farms and clean water MNN, 24th March, 2011
- Food labels to show ‘carbon footprint’ under government plans Telegraph, 5th January 2010
Destroying Small Farmers
- The future of food – the global south shows the way The Guardian 26th August 2011
- China’s Love of Pork Means Factory Farms Are Displacing Small Farmers Treehugger, 19th May 2011
- Libel threatens to stifle debate about factory farming UK Human Rights Blog, 25th January 2011
- EU Ministers agree crisis aid for pig farmers Farmers Guardian, 25th January 2011
- Meat packer puts stamp on Europe New York Times, 7th May 2009
- A U.S. Hog Giant Transforms Eastern Europe New York Times, 5th May 2009
Abusing Animals
- Sickening Scenes at Freedom Food Pig Farm People News, 18th September 2011
- Iowa Pig Farm Filmed, Accused of Animal Abuse ABC News, 29th June 2011
- Pressure grows to improve welfare of pigs Yorkshire Post, 28th March 2011
- “Welfare doesn’t come in to it” The Guardian, 6th January 2009
- Europe’s pigs are being farmed in horrendous and often illegal conditions – Compassion In World Farming’s latest investigation reveals Compassion in World Farming, December 2008
Other
- Tesco sausage ad given the chop The Guardian, 14th September 2011
- Country of origin labelling lobbyists gain support Farming News, 6th July 2011
- Pressure mounts to re-instate food waste into livestock diets Farmers Weekly, 7th May 2011
- Honoring the food animals on your plate Huffington Post, 21st February 2011