Little Red Barns: Exposing Factory Farms and Fascism with Will Potter

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Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England | Animal welfare | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/22/government-outlaw-hen-cages-pig-farrowing-crates-england

A step in the right direction, at least.

#Farming #Frarms #FactoryFarms #AnimalWelfare #UK

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England

Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws

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Rosenberg is an #AnimalRights activist with the group Direct Action Everywhere, or #DxE, which is known for animal rescues & #protests that often garner national attention. #PerdueFarms is one of the largest poultry producers in the country & supplies major grocery chains….

#law #AnimalCruelty #FactoryFarms #AnimalWelfare

“This is not a whodunit. This is a why-dunit,” said Kevin Little, one of Rosenberg’s lawyers, during his opening statement.

He said Rosenberg, who has been charged with 3 misdemeanors & felony conspiracy, investigated the plant for 2 months before taking the birds & consulted a veterinarian who was concerned about images that appeared to show animals being boiled alive. Chris Carraway, her other atty, said in a statement that this “was a rescue, not a crime.”

#law #AnimalCruelty #FactoryFarms

Factory Farms Don’t Just Stink — They Make it Harder to Breathe, Too

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

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#Trump’s sweeping tax-&-spending #law expanded safety nets for large commodity crop operations [#FactoryFarms], such as corn & soybeans, for feed & biofuels.

But #nutrition & #LocalFood programs #fruit & #vegetable growers depend on were slashed, & his #trade policies chilled demand from top export partners, according to government data & academic researchers.

#economy #agriculture #farmers #FamilyFarms #business #climate

Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too 

New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

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The Power of Agricultural Industry | KPFA

Guest: Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist who focuses on social justice and environmental movements, and attacks on civil liberties post-9/11.  He is the author of Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege and his latest, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable.   … Continued

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The masses need to eat, of course! But, the #AnimalCruelty within #FactoryFarms is HORRIFIC & truly HeartBreaking!! Even if people aren't ready yet, to go Vegan ~ at least eating Less Meat or going Vegetarian, are steps in the right direction to help lessen the number of animals who are suffering🐔
Factory Farms and the Next Pandemic: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Global Health Threats

Throughout human history, zoonotic diseases, illnesses that jump from animals to humans, have shaped civilizations, triggered pandemics, and rewritten the course of economies. The Black Death, which ravaged Europe in the 14th century, originated from bacteria transmitted by fleas that lived on rats. Ebola, HIV, and SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19, all had animal origins. As humanity’s relationship with animals has become increasingly industrialized through factory farming, the risk of zoonotic spillover has escalated.

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