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On National Public Radio this weekend, the Water Keeper Alliance’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was asked about the activist campaign against the pork industry. Kennedy’s response: “We are going to…

“If there were credible evidence that the use of antibiotics in poultry was a hazard to humans, we would be the first to pull it,” says Charles Beard, vice president…

The New York Times picks up on the anti-agribusiness activist campaign, specifically on the “dangers” of antibiotics in meat. The Times says that in order to avoid antibiotics, turn…

Anti-agribusiness activists are claiming victory in the pork checkoff battle, but say they’re not going to rest on their laurels: “Family farmers are fighting back against the commodity groups…

The Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) latest report on the use of antibiotics on farm animals is rightly criticized by junkscience.com's Steven Milloy. Milloy says UCS anti-agribusiness report "has put fear way ahead of the facts."

"We're starting with hogs," said Robert Kennedy, Jr., president of the Water Keeper Alliance. "After the hogs, then we are going after the other ones," referring to the poultry and beef industries. ("Concerns that pork suit may be extended to other areas," The Des Moines Register, 1/8/01) All the more reason that we'll be keeping an eye on tomorrow's anti-hog summit where Kennedy will be the featured speaker.

George magazine, founded by John F. Kennedy Jr., has folded. With its passing, the nannies will lose one of its better media connections. Not long ago, George ran an article…

Indiana University student Chris Edwards has something to say to anti-choice nannies who want you to skip the turkey and eat only organic vegetables this Thanksgiving: "Animals are animals. They aren't people and never will be. Supposedly organically grown foods are nothing more than an elaborate scheme to separate wannabe hippies from their money. So enjoy your turkey and shut up."

Not long ago, we told you about Jeffrey Armour Nelson, of the Armour meatpackers, who now makes his living bashing meat and promoting vegetarianism. At that time, Nelson was attempting…

Thanksgiving without turkey and with only organic, locally grown, in-season vegetables? That's what some anti-choice activists like EarthSave's Howard Lyman, the Organic Consumer's Association's Ronnie Cummins, and Sustain's Jim Slama want you to have. They'll be discussing their plans for you in Chicago on November 18th, one day after a Washington press conference where the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Caroline Smith-DeWaal will tell us how much "danger" we're in when we eat our favorite holiday bird.