Slaughter Free Chicago and Community Persuade Aden Poultry Owner Not to Open Slaughterhouse in Marengo, IL and Instead Use the Property for Other Purposes
Owner Shelves New Slaughterhouse Plans After Negotiations with Activists
Demand That False Claims of Soy Milk Driving Deforestation Be Retracted
Last week, we published a story revealing a shocking display of intellectual dishonesty and consumer fraud by the Sustainable Food Trust, whose recent study falsely comparing grass-fed cow’s milk to READ ON
U.S. Chicken Farms Burying Alive Thousands of Birds; Rescuer Arrested
Starting on Monday, April 12th and ending 13th, 2020, a widespread tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern part of the United States. A tornado demolished several factory chicken farms in Murray READ ON
New Video Features Barrett Family’s Remarkable Transition away from Animal Agriculture
This video tells the remarkable story of Jennifer and Rodney Barrett, former animal farmers who have transitioned to mushroom and hemp farming with the help of the Rancher Advocacy Program.
Motherhood Led Me to Quit Dairy Farming Forever
The realities of dairy farming broke Jess Strathdee’s heart. After becoming a mother, she soon found she could no longer support an industry based on exploiting motherhood. “I was taking READ ON
Fairlife Board Member Embroiled in First Major Abuse Investigation on Organic Dairy Farm
The Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) recently released the first ever investigation into an organic dairy in the United States and the third installment of the largest dairy investigation of all READ ON
Our Journey From Cattle & Chicken Farmers to Vegan Mushroom Farmers
“I thought for a while that I could live with the hypocrisy. I thought I could be a vegan that just so happened to raise chickens for a living. But READ ON
Renée King-Sonnen, former beef farmer
“The experience of watching them leave, the mamas wailing for a week, and the absence of their souls in the pasture haunted me. I’ve cried so many times over this READ ON
The ‘Good Old Days’ of Animal Farming Were Never Good for the Animals
There is no such thing as “humane” animal farming. I’ve lived it; I know. Even on the smallest, most thoughtful of family farms like my grandparents’ farm, the animals will READ ON
Former ‘Slaughter-Free Dairy’ Farmer: No Such Thing As Humane Dairy
Former slaughter-free dairy farmer and cheesemaker Andrea Davis had a change of heart after recognizing that her work, like all dairy farming, depended on bringing more and more babies into the READ ON
My Journey from ‘Humane’ Dairy Farmer to Vegan Cheese Maker
In retrospect, having been fooled by the allure of humanely slaughtered meat, I see the great irony of this labeling ploy. Marketers have to work harder to desensitize people who READ ON
I Grew Up On a Dairy Farm. It’s the Reason I’m Vegan Today.
“As a child, I have witnessed the cruel separation of mother and calf over and over again, and was told that it was normal and necessary. This couldn’t be further READ ON
Dairy Farmer Turned Vegan Sanctuary Founder: ‘I denied that I liked them. There was no other way.’
“Before, I denied that I liked them. There was no other way. I wanted to earn a living. And now they are more like comrades. You are happy, you talk, READ ON
Helen Peppe, small family farmer
“Observing the deaths of so many animals, animals who enjoyed playing in the pastures and pens with their lambs, calves, and piglets, I wanted to protect them, to save their READ ON
Christine Mariani Egidio, former sheep farmer
“I am horrified to tell you my motto about our sheep breeding business. I would tell everyone, “They have a really great life, up until they no longer have one.” READ ON
Dr. Raised on Dairy Farm Now Advises Dairy-Free Diet
“Cow’s milk IS baby calf growth fluid. No matter what you do to it, that is what the stuff is. Everything in that white liquid – the hormones, the lipids, READ ON
Edith Barabash, former cattle ranch worker
“There was a large room filled with goats, sheep, and alpacas, and they were all just standing there quietly, nervously looking at me. They were scared and disoriented. It really READ ON
From “Ethical, Ecological” Pig & Sheep Farmer to Vegan
Looking head on, you can’t see it. Humanely raising and slaughtering pigs seems perfectly normal. In order to see the truth, you have to look askance, just like a pig READ ON
Howard Lyman, former beef and dairy farmer
“Lyman recalls the difficult moment he discovered that he could no longer turn away from the question of killing animals we have no need to harm at all: “Not, ‘Am READ ON
Former Dairy Farmer: “Humane Farming Is Plant-Based Farming”
“there is now a very clear distinction between humane and inhumane farming. Humane farming is cultivating a plant-based diet. Inhumane farming is breeding any sentient being for production and consumption.” READ ON
