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	<title>Free From Harm</title>
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	<description>For the Vegan and Closet Vegan in Us All</description>
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		<title>Meet Your ‘Responsibly-Raised’ Meat</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/introducing-responsibly-raised-meat-at-your-local-farmers-market/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/introducing-responsibly-raised-meat-at-your-local-farmers-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humane Farming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Humane washing takes many forms. On the smallest micro level, it sometimes crops up in your local farmer’s market. That’s where I found a new vendor in between the mushroom stand and the dainty little baskets of fresh berries at my local outdoor market that claims to sell “responsibly-raised” lamb, veal, chicken — all animals that are killed as infants. Why is killing babies responsible? <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/introducing-responsibly-raised-meat-at-your-local-farmers-market/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the World with Our Forks Like Gandhi Used Clothes to Free India</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/changing-the-world-with-our-forks-like-ghandi-freed-india-with-a-change-of-clothes/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/changing-the-world-with-our-forks-like-ghandi-freed-india-with-a-change-of-clothes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sailesh_Rao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture and Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We are now fighting for our survival and for the survival of our children and grandchildren. Gandhi inspired the people of India to take that voluntary step of changing their clothes. We need to inspire people in rich societies to take that voluntary step of changing what we eat, to go vegan. The reasons are very clear. As George Weurthner points out, in the continental US alone, more than half the land, around 1 billion acres, is used for livestock production, while half the vegetables and fruits eaten in the US are grown on just 3 million acres of land. The arithmetic is very clear! A mass transition to Veganism in the rich societies would make a huge, positive impact on the environment! <a href="http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/changing-the-world-with-our-forks-like-ghandi-freed-india-with-a-change-of-clothes/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Being Vegan Is Not &#8216;Like a Religion&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/why-being-vegan-is-not-like-a-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/why-being-vegan-is-not-like-a-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veganism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently a Facebook fan commented on our page (after many other comments had already posted) in response to a post we published about Edith, our latest rescued chicken. I decided to publish this exchange because it was a good example of the misguided yet all too common notion that veganism is like a religion.The implication is that vegans prostletize like evangelicals and try to convert people to their beliefs. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/veganism/why-being-vegan-is-not-like-a-religion/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Animal Welfare Gets It Wrong: Part II</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/where-animal-welfare-gets-it-wrong-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/where-animal-welfare-gets-it-wrong-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer and Nathan Winograd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humane]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Foster Farms announced that they were awarded the American Humane Association’s “Humane Certified” label which now appears on the package of every dead Foster Farms chicken sold in America. Thanks to AHA, American consumers will be lulled into a false sense of complacency that eating animals is consistent with being humane, that supporting a company that kills millions of animals a year is consistent with a belief in animal protection.  <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/where-animal-welfare-gets-it-wrong-part-ii/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where Animal Welfare Gets It Wrong: Part I</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/where-animal-welfare-gets-it-wrong-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/where-animal-welfare-gets-it-wrong-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer and Nathan Winograd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humane Farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["The right to life should be the bedrock of any movement that claims to be rights-based, as the animal rights movement by its very name, does. Not only because each animal, like each of us, has an inalienable right to life, but because all the other things the animal protection movement claims to be seeking on behalf of animals are impossible without that first and most essential right. Without the right to life, no other “rights” can be guaranteed. How can we ensure animals the right to food, water, shelter and kind treatment, when those things can be taken away by killing? <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/where-animal-welfare-gets-it-wrong-part-i/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How a Book about Animals Changed My Life</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-psychology/animal-planet-how-a-book-about-animals-changed-my-life/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-psychology/animal-planet-how-a-book-about-animals-changed-my-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Levine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products & Psychology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine aliens visit our planet and decide to stay. They are bigger, stronger, smarter and faster than we are in every way. If they aren’t naturally more advanced, their technology is. The aliens can live without doing harm to us, but they can choose to do great harm. There is no way for us to protect ourselves from them, let alone over-power them. All we can hope for is their mercy. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-psychology/animal-planet-how-a-book-about-animals-changed-my-life/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Backyard Chickens in Peril</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/backyard-chickens-in-peril/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/backyard-chickens-in-peril/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is a letter I wrote and sent today to the Goodman Community Center in Madison, Wisconsin after discovering a small flock of backyard chickens behind the building. The conditions under which I found these hens living is a good example of a widespread problem in our society with regard to the growing trend of keeping backyard chickens. It all starts with misconceptions about who these birds really are and too often ends in tragic consequences for the animals. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/backyard-chickens-in-peril/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Debeaking Video Shows Standard Practice on Free-Range Egg Farms</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/debeaking-video-shows-standard-practice-on-free-range-egg-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/debeaking-video-shows-standard-practice-on-free-range-egg-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to being severely underweight and anemic, suffering a severe biting mite infestation, drooping her head and keeping her eyes closed, Lucinda exhibits a disfiguring beak deformity that is a result of partial beak amputation, a standard practice on egg hen farms, including farms that sell their eggs under "free-range," "cage-free," and other "happy hen" labels. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/debeaking-video-shows-standard-practice-on-free-range-egg-farms/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lucinda, Latest Chicken Rescue Needs Urgent Medical Attention</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/lucinda-latest-chicken-rescue-needs-urgent-medical-attention/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/lucinda-latest-chicken-rescue-needs-urgent-medical-attention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our heroine, Melissa Summer Pena, rescued Lucinda today from Chicago Animal Control and Care (a kill shelter), describing her as the sickest looking bird she’s seen. In addition to being severely underweight, emaciated, drooping her head and eyes closed, she has a terrible biting mite infection. She’s been treated with mite powder and needs to see the vet in the morning. Lucinda's beak has also been amputated, a common practice by egg farmers. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/lucinda-latest-chicken-rescue-needs-urgent-medical-attention/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Voice of Sanctuary</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/the-right-to-eat-animals-the-right-to-live/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/the-right-to-eat-animals-the-right-to-live/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 02:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["I do what I do simply because I cannot go back outside to the sanctuary and look them in the eye without conveying the information that I feel they would want me to convey: that using them, for any reason, harms them. Irretrievably in most cases. There is no humane use of another." — Sandra Higgins of Eden Farm Sanctuary <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/the-right-to-eat-animals-the-right-to-live/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Meat Moderates</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/the-meat-moderates/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/the-meat-moderates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sailesh_Rao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture and Environment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Luiz Antonio's video shows, it is not children who are the impediments to this mass transition to veganism. It's the adults. And at the moment, it is not the adults who are avid meat eaters, the Sarah Palin types, who have vowed to give up their steaks over their cold dead bodies. It's actually the adults who care deeply about the environmental legacy that we are leaving our children and have already taken some steps towards veganism, but are stuck at some moderate levels of meat, dairy and other animal food consumption and are finding it difficult to go any further. It is these "Meat Moderates" who are the key to make this mass transition truly happen. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/the-meat-moderates/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Help Stop the Practice of &#8220;Live Sushi,&#8221; and Make the Connection</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/help-stop-the-practice-of-live-sushi/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/help-stop-the-practice-of-live-sushi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Investigations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I learned of the barbaric practice taking place in restaurants in Japan. A practice called "Live Sushi," a 'delicacy' that involves eating frogs while they are still alive and fully conscious. The lower half of their body is severed, skinned and they are served on a plate, with eyes blinking and body twitching and twisting, while they are slowly eaten alive. This barbaric, vulgar and unnecessarily cruel practice is truly a shame on the Japanese people. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/help-stop-the-practice-of-live-sushi/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Agitated Ada: Wagner Farm Milking Cow Bellows to Concerned Visitors</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/agitated-ada-wagner-farm-milking-cow-bellows-to-concerned-visitors/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/agitated-ada-wagner-farm-milking-cow-bellows-to-concerned-visitors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wagner Farm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ada, the anxious new milking cow at Wagner Farm, a taxpayer-funded working farm and museum, is featured in this video, where we see Rubenstein trying to calm her to no avail. Bellowing like this is a sign of distress, and Ada’s vocalizing raised a lot of concern and consternation in the Wagner Farm visitors who witnessed it. Parents and children alike were asking why Ada was so agitated and unhappy. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/agitated-ada-wagner-farm-milking-cow-bellows-to-concerned-visitors/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicken Playdate: Edith Plays with Doris&#8217; Tail Feathers</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-plays-with-doris-tail-feathers/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-plays-with-doris-tail-feathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Edith explores her new world, her behavior resembles that of a toddler playing with everything in sight. Today she’s taken a particular interest in playing with Doris’ tail feathers, much to her dismay. Listen for Doris’ gentle squeals of disapproval who was trying to nap at the time. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-plays-with-doris-tail-feathers/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Injured, Dead Chickens Treated Like Trash at Wagner Farm</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/injured-dead-chickens-treated-like-trash-at-wagner-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/injured-dead-chickens-treated-like-trash-at-wagner-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wagner Farm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“The farm manager carelessly picked up these chickens that appeared to be seriously injured or already dead and tossed them into another room, then just closed the door. ‘Are they dead?” “You’re just going to toss them in there and not even check to see if they’re alive?” asked Rubenstein. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/injured-dead-chickens-treated-like-trash-at-wagner-farm/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I Like Them To Stay Standing Up&#8221;: Why Luiz Antonio Won&#8217;t Eat Animals</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/i-like-them-to-stay-standing-up-why-luiz-antonio-wont-eat-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/i-like-them-to-stay-standing-up-why-luiz-antonio-wont-eat-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I saw this video, I cried. Apparently I’m not the only one; every other comment I’ve seen from viewers expresses the same reaction. In the video, a toddler in Brazil explains to his mother why he will not eat his octopus pasta. Originally uploaded to YouTube on May 15, 2013, within 2 weeks the video of little Luiz Antonio had over 1 million views; but it could only be understood by those who knew Portuguese. So when Raffaella Ciavatta, a Brazilian-born vegan activist and certified translator living in NY, saw the video, she knew she had seen something extraordinary, and contacted the mother to ask for permission to translate it into English. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/i-like-them-to-stay-standing-up-why-luiz-antonio-wont-eat-animals/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sentience and the Personhood of Nonhuman Animals</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/sentience-and-the-personhood-of-nonhuman-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/sentience-and-the-personhood-of-nonhuman-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 01:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Francione</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any attempt to justify our exploitation of non-humans based on their lack of “human” characteristics begs the moral question by assuming that certain characteristics are special and justify differential treatment. Even if, for instance, humans are the only animals who can recognise themselves in mirrors or can communicate through symbolic language, no human is capable of flying, or breathing under water without assistance. What makes the ability to recognise oneself in a mirror or use symbolic language better in a moral sense than the ability to fly or breathe under water? <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/sentience-and-the-personhood-of-nonhuman-animals/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Heartbeat: A Poem about Reconnecting with Other Animals</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/heartbeat-a-poem-about-reconnecting-with-other-animals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 02:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Levine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veganism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beth Levine shared this wonderful poem of hers with Free from Harm about reconnecting with animals and rediscovering our empathy for others.  <a href="http://freefromharm.org/veganism/heartbeat-a-poem-about-reconnecting-with-other-animals/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Whey Toxic Byproduct of Greek Yogurt</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/the-whey-toxic-byproduct-of-greek-yogurt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 01:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James McWilliams</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture and Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When we think of Greek yogurt, we generally don’t think about environmental devastation. However, according to a recent report  in ModernFarmer.com, that’s about to change.  Confirming the inherent waste involved in the conversion of animal parts and secretions into animal products, analysts have revealed that it takes three or four ounces of milk to make an ounce of Greek yogurt. The rest of the milk gets converted into acidic whey. This product is so toxic that it’s classified as an industrial waste. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/agriculture-environment/the-whey-toxic-byproduct-of-greek-yogurt/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Pollan Talks Trash about Chickens Just Like Big Ag He Denounces</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/michael-pollan-talks-trash-about-chickens-just-like-bigag-he-denounces/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/michael-pollan-talks-trash-about-chickens-just-like-bigag-he-denounces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 01:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Their brains have been bred right out of them, they’re really nasty and stupid.” That’s what Michael Pollan had to say in a recent interview in Smithsonian about chickens like Edith, pictured here, whom I recently rescued from the trash. &#8230; <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/michael-pollan-talks-trash-about-chickens-just-like-bigag-he-denounces/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Ramsey, Hero to Kidnap Victims, Rewarded with Lifetime Supply of Kidnap Victims</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/charles-ramsey-and-kidnapped-cows/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/charles-ramsey-and-kidnapped-cows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 12:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Ramsey, the internet sensation heralded as a hero for helping to rescue three Cleveland women who were kidnapped, raped and imprisoned for a decade, has earned his reward: an endless supply of free burgers made from animals who were kidnapped, raped and imprisoned for their entire lives. In addition to a year’s supply of free burgers from McDonald’s, more than a dozen local fast food restaurants have bequeathed burgers for life to Ramsey. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/charles-ramsey-and-kidnapped-cows/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Compassionate Poison Gas for Chickens in Europe</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/compassionate-poison-gas-for-chickens-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/compassionate-poison-gas-for-chickens-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While a utilitarian might make a valid case for why we should do whatever we can to reduce the suffering of animals right now, such a position ignores the deeper, more menacing and sociopathic disease that plagues our predator society. There will be no paradigm shift in the way humans cause themselves and other animals to suffer if our sole focus is alleviating the symptoms of the disease, rather than treating the cause. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/compassionate-poison-gas-for-chickens-in-europe/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Vegan Child in a Nonvegan Urban Wasteland</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-vegan-child-in-a-nonvegan-urban-wasteland/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-vegan-child-in-a-nonvegan-urban-wasteland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a small, blue collar post-industrial town, amongst many shuttered and boarded up store fronts and aging steel mills on the horizon, we stumbled upon a Mediterranean restaurant. Sahara turned out to be a real-life oasis in this urban desert, both literally and figuratively, offering a delicious buffet which the proprietor proudly indicated was mostly vegan! <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-vegan-child-in-a-nonvegan-urban-wasteland/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edith&#8217;s First Stairs: The Chicken Who Can Climb!</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/ediths-first-stairs-the-chicken-who-can-climb/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/ediths-first-stairs-the-chicken-who-can-climb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Intelligence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I continually marvel at how chickens observe and sometimes follow what we do. On her third day with me, Edith the Cornish Rock chicken hen who was recently salvaged from a trash bag, comes to me when I gesture or call to her. But even more remarkable, Edith climbed her first flight of stairs to join me at the top, but only when I encouraged her to do so. On the other hand, when I did not call or gesture to her to climb the stairs, she remained below. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/ediths-first-stairs-the-chicken-who-can-climb/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicken Rescuer Says Hens from New Colony Cages as Damaged as Those from Battery Cages</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/chicken-rescuer-says-hens-from-new-colony-cages-as-damaged-as-those-from-battery-cages/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/chicken-rescuer-says-hens-from-new-colony-cages-as-damaged-as-those-from-battery-cages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My personal opinion and that of people I know who have rescued enriched colony caged hens is that there is no difference in health between the battery and colony caged hens. I also believe from evidence I have seen that there is not much difference between barn versus free range hens either. Because of the laws, free range hens can be kept indoors in barns with not much room to move around (like broiler chickens), and this is marketed as “free range.” <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/chicken-rescuer-says-hens-from-new-colony-cages-as-damaged-as-those-from-battery-cages/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Damien Mander&#8217;s Journey from Sniper to Animal Rights Activist</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/damien-manders-journey-from-sniper-to-animal-rights-activists/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/damien-manders-journey-from-sniper-to-animal-rights-activists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational / Inspiring Talks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meat-eating is strongly associated with cultural perceptions of masculinity and power. The idea that meat-eating and killing are "manly" is constantly reinforced through advertising and other forms of cultural narrative that tell us who we are. This macho mythologizing of meat helps explain why women are more than twice as likely as men to be vegetarian. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/damien-manders-journey-from-sniper-to-animal-rights-activists/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edith: Latest Rescued Chicken, Found in a Plastic Bag on a Busy Street</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-a-our-latest-rescued-chicken-found-in-a-plastic-bag-on-a-busy-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call from a Facebook friend that a chicken had been found in a plastic bag on the street near another Chicago poultry market — still alive, as if she were just trash. The kind young man named Javier who'd first taken her home realized, after a few weeks, that he could not properly provide for her as a companion in his apartment. Please read the details of her story and consider making a tax-deductible donation to help her out. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-a-our-latest-rescued-chicken-found-in-a-plastic-bag-on-a-busy-street/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pig Virus: Easier to Blame the Voiceless Victim Rather than the Perpetrator</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/pig-virus-easier-to-blame-the-voiceless-victim-rather-than-the-perpetrator/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/pig-virus-easier-to-blame-the-voiceless-victim-rather-than-the-perpetrator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Breeding pigs, or “hogs” as they are known in the trading of futures, is big business. So when an incurable virus is discovered in the country’s leading pig producing state, Iowa, you better believe that the nation’s top ranking USDA staff, veterinarian experts and pig industry officials will be on the case (paid for by your tax dollars). <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/pig-virus-easier-to-blame-the-voiceless-victim-rather-than-the-perpetrator/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Visit to a Local Live Poultry Market</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/my-visit-to-a-local-live-poultry-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Investigations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This short, non graphic video documents my visit to a live poultry market in Chicago. I posed as someone interested in having a business like theirs and asked if I could take some photos. They agreed. I then just let the video roll. What I found was even worse than I would have imagined. The only way to describe this  place is a squalid hell on earth with a level of suffering I had never seen before. Shops like this are marketed as the "buy local," "sustainable," "free range," "pasture-raised" and "organic" alternatives to factory farming. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/my-visit-to-a-local-live-poultry-market/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Spiked Nose Ring: A Symbol for All Dairy Cruelty</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/the-spiked-nose-ring-a-symbol-for-all-dairy-cruelty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Voltaire once wrote, “If we believe absurdities, we will commit atrocities,” and nowhere is this principle seen more clearly than in the billion dollar lies and bizarre cruelties of the dairy industry. It is a testament to the power of dairy advertising that otherwise intelligent adults can be made to believe that it is not only natural, but necessary to drink the breast milk of another species. In trying to expose this absurdity, one encounters even more absurd defenses and practices. This video is a perfect example, demonstrating the heartless cruelties visited on animals in the dairy industry. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/the-spiked-nose-ring-a-symbol-for-all-dairy-cruelty/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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