Health officials have found no connection between the pig farms, owned and operated by Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, and the flu virus that paralyzed Mexico for much of the past two weeks. But the crisis, which appears to be abating, has … Continue reading
A huge round of applause to The HSUS and its lawsuit against Hallmark/Westland Meat Company in Chino, California, after an HSUS undercover investigator documented systemic cruel practices. The undercover investigation led to the largest recall of beef in the nation’s … Continue reading
News articles abound about the probable source of the swine fever, sorry, influenza A (H1N1), (the Grumpy Vegan likes “Mad Swine Disease),” including Huffington Post and today’s Graun, which can’t help itself to call the op ed, “The Pig’s Revenge.” … Continue reading
Now a new study of more than 500,000 Americans has provided the best evidence yet that our affinity for red meat has exacted a hefty price on our health and limited our longevity. The study found that, other things being … Continue reading
Where’s the Beef? Beef: How Milk, Meat and Muscle Shaped the World by Andrew Rimas and Evan D.G. Fraser. Mainstream Publishing. 250 pp. £12.99. “I am a great eater of beef,” pleads Sir Andrew Aguecheek in William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, … Continue reading
Agricultural interests lobby to change what we call Swine Flu to H1N1 virus. “We want to say to consumers here and abroad that there is no risk to you, there is no scientific evidence whatsoever that there is any link … Continue reading
