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House Republicans have been trying to use the Farm Bill to overturn public preferences on animal welfare for more than a decade, as Vox’s Kenny Torrella reported last year, ever since the far ...
George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' is ripe for reimagining, but apart from stars like Seth Rogen and Woody Harrelson, the CG cartoon misses the point.
In 2018, the passage of one of those laws—California’s Proposition 12—pushed the issue into its most significant battle to date: On October 11, it will be challenged in front of the Supreme Court, in ...
Gestation crates are widely considered by animal welfare experts to be inhumane. ... All Niman Ranch farms with sows have had a third-party on-farm audit for Prop 12 compliance, ...
But he felt interested in Prop 12 because, if his farm could be compliant, he could sell his pork at a premium, leading to a more viable business for him and his family. He is part of a group of 12 ...
New Coalition Highlights Pork Industry Players in Support of the Crate-Free Law and the Economic Opportunity it Provides This week, a new coalition of pork companies, retailers and hog farmers ...
Push in Congress seeks to overturn California farm animal welfare law. ... An estimated two-thirds of factory farms house sows in gestation crates with barely enough space to move back and forth.
A review of 'Animal Farm', a new version of the classic George Orwell Allegory about Animals taking over humans jobs. Directed by Andy Serkis .
Each company, brand and farm participating in the event believes in crate-free pork production and has found economic opportunity thanks to California’s Proposition 12 and the similar ...
If the EATS Act is included in the Farm Bill, it will reverse California’s Proposition 12 and Massachusetts's Question 3, common-sense, democratically-adopted standards for farm animal welfare.