factory farm

Film exposes government raids on family farms

Since I just recently posted my review of the book Mad Sheep whose author is featured in this film, I figured you guys would appreciate this review of Farmageddon: The Unseen War on American Family Farms by Jessica Claire Haney of Crunchy-Chewy Mama. Please click here for the full article. Below I have just pulled out a few favorite paragraphs.

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2011 – Slow Food D.C. hosted the world premiere yesterday of the documentary film Farmageddon: The Unseen War on American Family Farms for an enthusiastic, sold-out crowd. The film, directed by Kristin Canty, tells the story of several family farms that were raided by the FDA and the USDA at great taxpayer expense for questionable reasons.

Factory Farms: An Environmental Calamity

Factory Farms: An Environmental Calamity

The following is taken from Nyeleni.org's Newsletter--Industrialized Food Production: The Base of the Junk Food System. They encourage people to spread the information in this newsletter so please feel free to re-post anything posted here, just be sure to reference and link back to them. Thanks so m ...

Foodie’s Follow Friday 4 – Food Sovereignty

Foodie’s Follow Friday 4 – Food Sovereignty

I have teamed up with Alex over at www.amoderatelife.com and April of 21st Century Housewife to host the Feed Me! Tweet Me! Follow Me Home Friday Friend Builder Linky. Scroll to the bottom of this page to link up your Real food lovin' blog so we can all get to know each other. Focus on Food Sover ...

Distillery Dairies – Factory Farm History 101

Distillery Dairies – Factory Farm History 101

Many people have been asking me what the problem is with pasteurization lately, and seem rather confused about why anyone would want to drink raw milk as most of us have grown up hearing the stories of how children were dying until we started pasteurizing milk. As usual, this isn't a simple black an ...

Factory Farms: Backbone of The Junk Food System

Factory Farms: Backbone of The Junk Food System

There is more and more information coming out that highlights the true environmental and health costs of factory farmed foods. The idea that human population can only be fed by massive industrial farms is a myth and it is destroying our world. The following is from some of the articles that have bee ...