The health risks from #FactoryFarming
https://vegnews.com/politics-of-food/factory-farming-putting-at-risk

George Monbiot on factory farming: a Simpler Way critique.
By Ted Trainer
Resilience
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-08-26/george-monbiot-on-factory-farming-a-simpler-way-critique/

#degrowth
#Monbiot
#permaculture
#FactoryFarming
#SimplerWay

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/opinion/hog-farming-secret-video.html

"While the videos show low-paid workers mistreating animals — and callously throwing pig testicles at one another — they too are cogs in the system.

“We have upper management breathing down everybody’s neck, so employees are stressed out,” the investigator at Holden Farms said. “The stressed-out workers tend to take out their frustration on animals.”

#AnimalRights #MeatIndustry #FactoryFarming

BBC News - Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66238584

And yet the vast majority of Americans just continue as if the end of civilization as we know it doesn't matter.

#ClimateChange
#FactoryFarming
#DoSomethingNow

Dangerous #Pathogens and #Cruelty Law Violations at #Perdue Subsidiary #Petaluma #Poultry , #AnimalRights Report Alleges
In conjunction with the release of an undercover investigation on the #factoryfarming, the group #DxE mounted an “open rescue” of birds from a #slaughterhouse.
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/13/perdue-chicken-slaughterhouse-animal-cruelty-dxe/

This Suffering chart is a damning indictment on current factory farming “standards”. I’m no bleeding-heart vegetarian, but I do cut back on meat when I find evidence such as this. Impossible Burgers yearly are definitely getting more and more on par with it’s animal based counterpart. #FactoryFarming #AnimalRights #HonoringTheSacrificesofEatingMeating #NotHyperbole

Antimicrobial resistance to cause 5.2 million deaths in western Pacific by 2030 .. And we know that #FactoryFarming is greatly responsible. Stop abusing and killing animals! #CapitalismKills #GoVegan :vegananarchism:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/antibiotic-resistance-superbugs-deaths-western-pacific-who

#FactoryFarming #Health

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/07/factory-farming-is-fuelling-a-silent-pandemic-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=green_newsletter&_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiY2M2OTkwNTczOWM0YjI0MWRiN2Q4OTQ0MTY5NWM3MjcifQ%3D%3D

“We shouldn’t inflict [pain] on others without a very strong justification. And the species boundary isn’t relevant.”
P. Singer
https://e360.yale.edu/features/peter-singer-interview
#Cosmetics #Labs #GreatApes #FactoryFarming #Meat #AgribusinessLobby #Suffering #Pain #Wildlife #Ethics

Skeptoid #166: Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture by Brian Dunning #organic #factoryfarming #chemicalfarming #pesticides #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot Organic agriculture provides no benefits whatsoever over science-based farming.
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4166

Excellent news! This decision should be the final nail in the coffin for one of the cruelest & most controversial forms of #AnimalAbuse.

#Proposition12 bans sale of pork in #California from sows that are forced to live in stalls so small they cannot lie down, stand up or turn around - unnecessary, relentless #UnbearableSuffering of a sentient being.

#CompassionForAnimals
#EatLessMeat
#FactoryFarming 🤑

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/california-pork-rule-supreme-court/

Use of antibiotics in farming ‘endangering human immune system’. There are more antibiotics used on farm animals than in humans. It’s a ticking bomb & one of several good reasons to scrap #factoryfarming. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/25/use-of-antibiotics-in-farming-endangering-human-immune-system?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Uncovering the Dark Meat Behind Tyson

https://youtu.be/HpoQN2S9i7M

#essay #iilluminaughtii #labor #tysonfoods #food #chicken #badcompanies #badbusiness #foodprocessing #worksafety #worksafety #childlabor #foodsafety #safetyviolations #stockbuybacks #covid19 #exploitation #trump #pricefixing #pricegouging #factoryfarming #pollution #waterpollution

Octopuses Get Strangely Cuddly On The Mood Drug Ecstasy

by Nell Greenfieldboyce, September 20, 2018

"The eight-legged invertebrates are separated from humans by more than 500 million years of evolution, Pungor says. Octopuses' closest relatives are creatures like snails and slugs, and their brains have a host of strange structures that evolved on a completely different trajectory from the human path.

"They have this huge complex brain that they've built, that has absolutely no business acting like ours does — but here they show that it does," says Pungor. 'The fact that they induced this very sort of gentle, cuddly behavior is really pretty fascinating.'"

#FactoryFarming #Octopuses #Octopi #IntelligentLife

Read more:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/09/20/648788149/octopuses-get-strangely-cuddly-on-the-mood-drug-ecstasy

Octopus Intelligence Has Been Proven by Science—Here's How

By Robyn White On 2/24/22

"Plans are underway to open the world's first #octopus farm in #Spain—a move that has been met with considerable backlash from animal rights groups.

"Spanish seafood commercialization company Nueva Pescanova aims to open the octopus farm in 2023, to meet growing demands for the delicacy, Reuters reported. The company has poured $74 million into the project and claims it has optimized tanks that will ensure high welfare farming.

"Scientists have shown that octopuses feel pain and sadness, just like humans. Last year, the London School of Economics said octopuses were 'sentient beings,' meaning they are capable of processing complex emotions. The findings were based on over 300 existing scientific studies surrounding octopus behavior."

#FactoryFarming #Octopuses #Octopi #IntelligentLife

https://www.newsweek.com/octopus-intelligence-proven-science-1682196

How Smart Is An #Octopus?

Written by John Staughton, 8 Jul 2022

"Octopi are highly intelligent creatures, displaying many behaviors that betray their intelligence. These eight-limbed beasts of the deep are able to use tools, solve problems, and even play when bored. Their unique location of neurons throughout their limbs allows them to smell, taste, touch, and act independently of one another. Additionally, their possession of a personality and ability to learn and remember lessons makes a strong case for an elevated level of intelligence."

#FactoryFarming #Octopuses #Octopi #IntelligentLife

Read more: https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/animals/how-smart-is-an-octopus.html

#Educators and #communicators needed. “#Livestock #emissions represent 14.5% of the #climate problem but only 0.5% of the media coverage on climate – media analysis.
Citizens in Brazil, France, Germany, the UK and the US do not regard #industrial meat as a key contributor to #climatechange, according to a new global poll by Northstar Research Inc. https://lnkd.in/eKBJGpXi #factoryfarming #industrialagriculture

"#Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing #DeadZones in our lakes and seas."

#Phosphorus Saved Our Way of Life—and Now Threatens to End It

#AlgalBlooms #HABs #BigAg #Agrochimie #CAFOs #FactoryFarming #WaterPollution #eutrophication

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/06/phosphorus-saved-our-way-of-life-and-now-threatens-to-end-it/amp

"Today we feature the voices of epidemiologists, doctors, scientists & ecologists from around the globe who came together this week to launch the publication of a new book by #RobWallace, '#TheFaultInOurSARS: #COVID19 in the #Biden Era' ..

"This new book (..) brought together minds connecting the pandemic to other issues plaguing our society from #FactoryFarming to police violence to urban inequality.."

#LongCovid #Covid19USA #CovidAndClass #CovidAndRace #books

https://player.fm/series/kpfk-beneath-the-surface-2605305/beneath-the-surface-sunday-february-26-2023

"Today we feature the voices of epidemiologists, doctors, scientists & ecologists from around the globe who came together this week to launch the publication of a new book by #RobWallace, '#TheFaultInOurSARS: #COVID19 in the #Biden Era' ..

"This new book (..) brought together minds connecting the pandemic to other issues plaguing our society from #FactoryFarming to police violence to urban inequality.."

#PublicHealth #Covid19USA #CovidAndClass #CovidAndRace #books

https://player.fm/series/kpfk-beneath-the-surface-2605305/beneath-the-surface-sunday-february-26-2023