I believe I’d told you that Brazil was being approved to export meat to the USA and predicted there would be an announcement before Jan. 1.2013, recently. We don’t send our USDA’s FSIS Administrtor down there for no reason at all. The smoke signals weren’t in the sky horizon to be seen, the signals were…
Roundup Herbicide Linked To Overgrowth of Deadly Bacteria Posted on: Friday, December 14th 2012 at 5:00 am Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder Could Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup be leading to the overgrowth of deadly bacteria in animals and humans consuming genetically-modified food contaminated with it? This question follows from a new study published in the…
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/Jolley-Five-minutes-with-Wayne-Pacelle-and-HumaneWatch-183412221.html?ref=221 Jolley: Five minutes with Wayne Pacelle and HumaneWatch Chuck Jolley | Updated: December 14, 2012 There are two organizations that never back down from a fight: The Humane Society of the United States and HumaneWatch. Of course the entire reason for the existence of that second group is to keep an eye on the…
EMINENT DOMAIN ISSUES NEAT seeks to unite landowners in dealings with TransCanada on pipeline Matt Dixon NEAT Brian Jorde of the Nebraska Easement Action Team speaks about changes in eminent domain laws during the Nebraska Farmers Union convention Saturday at the Midtown Holiday Inn. (Independent/Matt Dixon) Posted on December 8, 2012 by Harold Reutter Brian…
Beef Investigation By Kansas City Star Uncovers Serious Risks, Including Fecal Contamination Federal inspection records obtained by The Star under the federal Freedom of Information Act include hundreds of references to fecal contamination problems over the last two years at four of the largest beef slaughter plants in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. For example, at…
Insecticide regulators ignoring risk to bees, say MPs A parliamentary inquiry has uncovered evidence that links widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides (PONCHO & CRUIZER) to decline in bees Damian Carrington guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 December The safety of the world’s most widely used insecticide has been questioned by a parliamentary inquiry, with MPs accusing regulators of…
Big Beer Blitzes America: Is Anheuser-Busch Too Powerful? VIDEO Two companies – Anheuser-Busch Inbev and MillerCoors – together control 90 percent of the U.S. beer market. And they still seek more — Anheuser-Busch now wants to buy out all of Mexico’s Grupo Modelo, the maker of Corona. The effects of this consolidated power are clear….
Grosser Than Pink Slime: Poop-Contaminated, Mechanically Tenderized Beef To make tough cuts more palatable, beef producers use a process that translates to E. coli party, reports the Kansas City Star. —By Sarah Zhang | Tue Dec. 11, 2012 3:03 AM PST Mechanically tenderized beef, like hamburgers, must be a cooked to a higher temperature to…