Editorial
U.S. pork industry can help meet global food demand – part two
We recently discussed the Global Agricultural Productivity Report® (GAP Report®), produced by the Global Harvest Initiative (GHI). The report is updated each year to mark the progress made toward sustainably doubling agricultural output over the next 40 years.
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Commentary: The math don’t work
While news stories focus on the billions being handed over to an anti-industry university, the real story of Mayor Bloomberg’s philanthropy is how all that dough’s going to get spent.
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Thoughtful comments, increased dialogue
Thank you for the many comments received on our article entitled, “Animal rights groups exploit ‘gap of knowledge.’” We appreciate your input and believe it’s important to provide a forum for people to express their opinions on issues, however controversial.
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Commentary: Not so sustainable?
Local, sustainable, family-farmed—the adjectives—and consumers’ appetite—are endless. But ‘alternative animal ag’ faces problems that, despite its popularity, may prove its downfall.
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Animal rights groups exploit “gap of knowledge”
Animal rights groups have changed their tactics in recent years. Rather than run inflammatory ads in newspapers, or throw pies at pork queens, they’re determined to build business-to-business relationships with food companies.
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Commentary: Shamburgers and lip synching
Is ‘faking’ your way through the national anthem really the moral equivalent of adding some horsemeat to your beef patties? An editorial columnist argues they’re both equally deceptive.
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Commentary: New beginnings
I am thrilled to be the editor of PorkNetwork and am excited about the new direction we’re developing for the PorkNetwork brand.
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Commentary: Medicine vs. food
Why is it that the same biotech research that makes perfect sense when it’s applied to disease treatment gets roundly condemned when we’re talking about plants? Here’s the answer.
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Commentary: The biggest delusion of all
Talk to any vegetarian activist and you’ll get an earful about the (alleged) damage meat production and meat-eating is doing to people and the planet. But who’s kidding who?
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Commentary: Make mine meat, eh?
A Canadian nutrition researcher questions new Health Canada guidelines that include meat as the initial solid food for infants being weaned at around six months of age. Is he right?
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Commentary: Veggie ethics gone wrong
The law of unintended consequences rears its ugly head, as starving people in Latin America have vegetarian proselytes to thank for hunger, poverty and ecological destruction.
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