How Does a Hog Farmer Spend a Workday?

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Tip 1 - Going undercover in the American factory farm

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Roy Hetharia | permalink

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]

Tip 2 - Did factory farming cause the swine flu outbreak? - Macleans.ca

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by matty 101010 | permalink

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]

Tip 3 - Greyrock Farm Meet the Farmers

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by jay pack | permalink

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]

Tip 4 - Farm Animal Intelligence: How Smart Are Your Cows?

Published: 9 years ago | Submitted by Guy Matthews | permalink

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]