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Need Land, Will Farm: Young Americans Reclaim Soil to Grow Food Sustainably
78 percent of beginning farmers polled by the National Young Farmers Coalition list lack of capital as the biggest challenge they face when trying to start up their own farm.
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How Crony Capitalism and Deregulation Poisoned Toledo's Water
Like other water-related crises this year in West Virginia and Detroit, the poisoning of Toledo's water is tied to corruption at the highest levels of state government by corporate special interests.
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Filthy Chicken Rule: Privatizing Poultry Inspection Puts the Fox In the Henhouse
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the final rule that will transfer most poultry inspection from government inspectors to the companies so they can police themselves.
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Meatless Mondays: How Norway's Army Is Eating Less Flesh to Fight Climate Change
Norwegian troops will eat only vegetarian meals on Mondays, cutting meat consumption by about 330,000 pounds per year in an effort to reduce the overwhelming amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by global livestock production.
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Blowing the Whistle on Factory Farm Abuse — And Getting Gagged For Doing It
Considering that 94 percent of Americans believe animals raised for food should be free from abuse and cruelty, the modern meat industry has good reasons to fear the public finding out that Old MacDonald's farm isn't so happy these days.
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The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: Rebranding Constitutionally Protected Behavior as Terrorism
By rebranding activism as terrorism, corporate interests have made it far too easy for some of our bravest activists to be locked away for years.
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Following Backlash, Tennessee Gov Vetoes Ag-Gag Bill
After thousands of Tennesseans protested the new law, Gov. Bill Haslam has vetoed his state’s “ag-gag” bill that would have criminalized undercover investigations at horse stables and factory farm facilities.
