by Anna Lappe
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The CAFO syndrome
An interview with Mia MacDonald on China’s growing appetite for U.S.-style meat production 6
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago
Mia MacDonald.Photo: Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryOld MacDonald had a farm—one resounding with oinks and moos and squawks. By today’s standards, the old man’s farm would count as a model of biodiversity. Researcher Mia MacDonald points out that across the planet, old ways of farming are giving way to the environmentally devastating factory farms we’ve pioneered in the West—typically housing a single species of animal, confined by the thousands in conditions that would be alien to Old MacDonald’s pigs and cows and… Read More
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Who's cashing in on the high price of food?
With food riots raging, let’s open the books on the finances of Big Ag 21
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago When we talk about the crisis in food prices, we should scrape below the surface to explore who's actually benefiting from the crisis.Unless you've had your head stuck in the freezer at Dean & Deluca, you've heard about the food crisis across the planet.
A recent Financial Times displayed this staggering map of the globe: Black dots marked each of the countries were food riots have been sparked in outrage against the rising prices of food. Thirty dots in all. A recent CNN report noted that "Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket." These surging… Read More
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