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French Foodies Gag on Anti-Meat Manifesto

Unless you’re a militant animal rights activist, Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2009 book Eating Animals probably doesn’t ring any cowbells. For better or worse, the PETA-inspired hackjob on animal agriculture…
PostedMay 13, 2011 at12:00 am

Our Favorite Everyday Fools

Idiocy and fanaticism aren’t limited to just one calendar day a year. And to prove it, we’d like to share a little April Fool’s Day quiz. See if you…
PostedApril 1, 2011 at12:00 am

New York Times’ Bittman Champions Animal-Rights Emotionalism

When The New York Times recently moved long-time food critic Mark Bittman to the opinion page, Bittman dropped his tasting spoon and picked up a pounding-mallet. Specifically, he started…
PostedMarch 16, 2011 at12:00 am

Michael Pollan’s Mission to Reverse Progress

When food writer Michael Pollan romanticizes the days when our great-grandmothers were preparing meals from scratch, it’s not because he’s craving a taste of the “Old World.” Pollan, warns…
PostedFebruary 23, 2011 at12:00 am

Animal Rights Ripple Effects

On Tuesday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law that will require all eggs sold in the state (starting in 2015) to come from producers compliant…
PostedJuly 9, 2010 at12:00 am

One Vegan’s Account of a Cattle Feedlot

If there’s one thing livestock farmers worry about, it’s “undercover” animal rights activists who lie on their job applications so they can shoot film that their real employers later…
PostedJune 24, 2010 at12:00 am

Tracking HSUS’s Shocking Snubbing of Local Shelters

One great challenge faced by pet lovers, livestock farmers, hunters, medical researchers, and others is communicating with the public that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS),…
PostedJune 2, 2010 at12:00 am

“Low-Carbon” Meat? Not On Our Budgets

A survey conducted by the UK-funded Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) finds that few consumers are willing to pay extra for meat that boasts a lower carbon…
PostedApril 16, 2010 at12:00 am

PCRM: The Doctor Is Out (of Line)

If there’s one thing everyone should know about the phony “doctors” group known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), it’s that its leaders are vehement vegetarians…
PostedApril 14, 2010 at12:00 am

Meatless Mondays Meet Tough Reception

The UK’s Daily Telegraph declares today that cows are “absolved” of causing global warming with nitrous oxide. This proclamation came after a study in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia…
PostedApril 9, 2010 at12:00 am