Editorial
Online pork processing tour with Temple Grandin
Take a tour of a pork processing plant with world renowned animal-handling expert, Temple Grandin, as your guide.
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Rename FMD?
Words, as we know, have the power to foster understanding and also the power to confuse or mislead. In the realm of disease, that confusion was evident during the 2010 pandemic of H1N1 influenza, when use of the term “swine flu” damaged pork demand as consumers feared they could contract the disease from pork.
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Commentary: The China syndrome
Another outbreak affecting the safety of animal foods in China exposes the underlying problem the world’s most populous country faces: Too little of what we complain about having too much.
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We all agree. Sort of
The gap between animal-agriculture and consumer perceptions of food production continues to grow, and we need to communicate better with the general public. Most participants at last week’s Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholder Summit would agree with that statement. But once the discussion shifted to specific messages and methods for addressing that perception gap, the opinions were, well, less in alignment.
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Commentary: Get fired up!
As fire season on millions of acres of public lands gets underway, Congress is cooling its heels on a bill that would significantly and positively impact the problem. But they need to act—now.
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Commentary: Voice of reason
A prominent pro-veggie physician and health authority offers—for once—a reasonable and reasoned take on the latest controversy over meat’s (alleged) negative effects on health.
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Commentary: Misinformation Central
A lengthy MSNBC segment on GMOs aired Sunday, but the experts assembled to debate the impact of biotech constantly got their facts wrong. What hope is there for the public?
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Commentary: A living legend’s legacy
Singer-songwriter-activist Willie Nelson turns 80 this week, and while his musical credits are remarkable, his devotion to the folks who produce the food we take for granted is much more impressive.
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Commentary: Dietary delusions
Meat is the root of all evil, diehard vegans want people to believe. However, their nutritional template is even more absurd. But try telling that to conventional dieticians in love with the diet.
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GMO “Right-To-Know Act” introduced in Senate, House
Federal legislation was proposed that would require food manufacturers to clearly label any product containing genetically modified organisms - or risk having that product classified "misbranded" by the FDA.
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Commentary: CSPI’s perverted pyramid
CSPI, the nutrition activists who never met a meat product they couldn’t denounce, goes off the reservation (again) with a new report asking not if, but when will eating meat end up killing you?
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