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Living Piggy Lives
On organic pork |
Umbra Fisk |
15 Aug 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Commercial pork production is a nasty, polluting operation and inhumane to the animals. What makes organic pork different? Simply what they are fed, or does it involve more humane and less polluting production operations? Related, I have been purchasing free-range, organic chicken for several years now. However, recently the free-range, organic chicken breasts have been humongous, conjuring up images of Dolly Parton chicken ... |
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| Topics: advice, agriculture, Ask Umbra, food, industrial ag, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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