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  1. This is huge! Michigan Legislature Passes Historic Farm Animal Welfare Measure: http://bit.ly/wdL5f 8:59 AM Oct 2nd from Tweetie
  2. A carnivore rethinks his eating ethics: http://bit.ly/G7kwC 11:55 AM Sep 30th from Tweetie
  3. Oklahoma v. poultry companies case gets underway: http://bit.ly/8U81C (via @Ethicurean) 8:31 AM Sep 25th from Tweetie
  4. Time's list of "50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall" includes reading Foer's new book, "Eating Animals" http://bit.ly/bkGqD 10:03 AM Sep 24th from Tweetie
  5. Michigan House approves farm animal care standards: http://bit.ly/1aomsp 6:03 AM Sep 24th from Tweetie
  6. NYT: Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells - http://bit.ly/pxziI 6:40 AM Sep 18th from Tweetie
  7. Michigan House approves farm animal care standards: http://bit.ly/Aazrd 6:41 AM Sep 17th from Tweetie
  8. USDA to define "natural" - http://bit.ly/CXIuM 12:29 PM Sep 14th from Tweetie
  9. Study: Half Of Fish Consumed Globally Is Now Raised On Farms, Study Finds - http://bit.ly/Rc7xk 1:19 PM Sep 8th from Tweetie
  10. James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss (very cool video) -- http://bit.ly/3qbeF 12:28 PM Sep 8th from Tweetie
  11. Hope everyone had a great long weekend! Came across this great post ranking the humaneness of dif types of egg farms: http://bit.ly/3wi5VU 6:29 AM Sep 8th from Tweetie
  12. From Wayne Pacelle's blog: Pork Industry Bailout Request Full of Fat - http://bit.ly/JF9ln 10:59 AM Sep 2nd from Tweetie
  13. Public Health & Industrial Farm Animal Production: Setting the Record Straight - http://bit.ly/k9NTr (via @HumaneResearch) 7:55 AM Sep 1st from Tweetie
  14. I've seen requests for a "best case" look inside a modern hog farm. Here's a short industry video: http://bit.ly/wKmaL 10:31 AM Aug 27th from Tweetie
  15. From @ethicurean: How the government keeps filling up Big Meat's trough - http://bit.ly/2IpsV2 5:36 AM Aug 24th from Tweetie
  16. Time Magazine: America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It - http://bit.ly/jX45t 10:32 AM Aug 20th from Tweetie
  17. Another stat: 27.82% of American turkey farms produced 97.43% of grown turkeys sold in 2007. (Actual farm sites, not companies/brands.) 6:10 AM Aug 20th from Tweetie
  18. @kubileya @byrnegreen Unfortunately that figure represents actual farm sites, not ownership. Modern factory farms house millions of birds. 12:24 PM Aug 19th from Tweetie in reply to kubileya
  19. Just calculated a crazy stat using most recent census of agriculture: 2.31% of American egg farms house 97.45% of egg laying chickens. 7:05 AM Aug 19th from Tweetie
  20. Great piece from Forbes: The Locavore Myth - Why buying from nearby farmers won't save the planet // http://bit.ly/1AnnLg 7:11 AM Aug 6th from Tweetie
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  • Bio Farm Forward works to promote conscientious food choices, reduce farm animal suffering, and advance sustainable agriculture.
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