Throughout history, many traditions that were once considered natural and normal for generations were eventually deemed outdated, cruel, or simply no longer necessary. Some traditions are positive and make society READ ON
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Dying Traditions: The Truth about Thanksgiving Turkey
Farm Animals Take Center Stage in Zoe Weil’s New TED Talk
When we learned that humane education visionary Zoe Weil had recorded a new TED talk on farm animals, we couldn’t wait to learn more about it. Watch her TED talk READ ON
Debeaking Video Shows Standard Practice on Free Range Egg Farms
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 READ ON
10 Dairy Facts the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Our dairy fact sheet is intended as a well-researched snapshot of the dairy industry, highlighting little-known, shocking and abusive standards of animal handling and use that even the vast majority READ ON
7 Ways Eating Meat, Dairy and Eggs Destroys Motherhood
Farmed animals care about their babies, and include some of the most devoted mothers in the animal kingdom. Yet animal farming is fundamentally built on the destruction of motherhood. Every READ ON
Where Animal Welfare Gets It Wrong: Part I
“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 READ ON
Fish Exploited for Food Suffer Like Mammals and Birds
Co-authored by Mary Finelli and Robert Grillo “The scientific literature is quite clear. Anatomically, physiologically and biologically, the pain system in fish is virtually the same as in birds and READ ON
12 Egg Facts the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Our fact sheet is intended as a well-researched “snapshot” of the egg industry, highlighting little-known, shocking and abusive standards of animal handling and use that even the vast majority of READ ON
Nature’s Perfect Package: Labeling Our Way to a Clear Conscience
Consumers opposed to factory farming want to know more about the animals we eat. How were they raised? Did they live on a pasture? What did they eat? Where were READ ON
Interview: 27-Year Vegan Veteran Hope Bohanec
The following is an interview with Hope Bohanec, author of The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? A vegan for 27 years, Hope shares her own insights relating to veganism READ ON
Happy Chicken Puppets Stoked about Becoming AHA Certified Meat
In stark contrast to Ganzert’s pious performance in the informercial, this new Foster Farms happy chicken commercial portrays chicken puppet characters that are just ecstatic about the AHA humane certification READ ON
From Battery Cage to Enriched Colony Cage: A Breakthrough for Egg-Laying Hens?
There is no doubt that the recent deal brokered by HSUS and The United Egg Producers (UEP) is historic and unprecedented. It is a sign of the times, a sign READ ON
The Wild Wild West of Slaughter Inspection and Regulation
How does one regulate a U.S. industry that kills 300 chickens per second and some 10 billion animals per year and still keep the prices of meat cheap? By not READ ON
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Finding reliable and trustworthy resources online can be very frustrating at times. There is unfortunately a great deal of misinformation and out there from commercial and non commercial sites. Free 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
There Is No Such Thing as a “Fair Life” on a Dairy Farm, Ever
Last Thursday, I published an article on a breaking investigation from Animal Recovery Mission, in which they exposed horrific, widespread and long term abuse on a dairy farm that supplies READ ON
The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? An Excerpt from the Book
It is curious that people will show great concern for how farmed animals are treated when alive and yet do not seem to be troubled by their slaughter. This fact READ ON
Study Reveals Concern for Farm Animals Greatly Impacts Consumer Purchasing
According to a new study conducted by Context Marketing, “animal welfare concerns” are a major driver behind consumer decisions when making food purchasing decisions. This study reports the findings of READ ON
Video: Zoe Weil on Becoming a Solutionary to Combat Factory Farming
In this hugely inspiring TED-series video, Zoe Weil explains how each of us can apply our passions and skills to end a problem like factory farming. She highlights several people READ ON
15 Souls: Why the Chickens at Urban Adamah Matter
There were fifteen beautiful hens living in Berkeley, California at Urban Adamah, a Jewish community center and farm. The hens had been “giving” their eggs to the community for three READ ON
