How Does a Hog Farmer Spend a Workday?

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Going undercover in the American factory farm More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Roy Hetharia | permalink
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As the den mother for undercover CAFO investigators, Mary Beth Sweetland sends her employees into the field to witness acts of animal cruelty and environmental degradation.

For further reading: http://grist.org/food/going-undercover-in-the-american-factory-farm/ ^[1]

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Did factory farming cause the swine flu outbreak? - Macleans.ca More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by matty 101010 | permalink
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The way we're raising animals, says one epidemiologist, is "like rolling the dice"

For further reading: http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/did-factory-farming-cause-the-swine-flu-outbreak/ ^[2]

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Greyrock Farm Meet the Farmers More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by jay pack | permalink
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Short bio: After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in philosophy and a short stint working in a factory packaging fudge, I moved to a small sheep farm in southwestern...

For further reading: http://www.greyrockfarmcsa.com/meet-the-farmers.html ^[3]

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Farm Animal Intelligence: How Smart Are Your Cows? More
Published: 9 years, 2 month(s) ago by Guy Matthews | permalink
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Game-playing chickens and goats that do math? These facts about farm animal intelligence may surprise you.
Tags: Farm Animal Intelligence, How Smart Are Birds, Intelligence of Animals, Instinctive Behavior, Pig Intelligence, Smart Horses, Social Cows, Goat Intelligence, Chicken Challenge, Play Tic Tac Toe

For further reading: http://www.grit.com/animals/farm-animal-intelligence.aspx ^[4]

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1. http://grist.org/food/going-undercover-in-the-american-factory-farm/

2. http://www.macleans.ca/society/life/did-factory-farming-cause-the-swine-flu-outbreak/

3. http://www.greyrockfarmcsa.com/meet-the-farmers.html

4. http://www.grit.com/animals/farm-animal-intelligence.aspx