Month: June 2022

Nebraska Examiner: Stockholders sue Costco officials over alleged mistreatment of chickens grown too big

Stockholders sue Costco officials over alleged mistreatment of chickens grown too big NILES, IL – JUNE 16: A Kirkland Signature premium brand roasted rotisserie chicken sits at a Costco store June 16, 2005 in Niles, Illinois. The larger “big box” stores such as Costco, Target’s SuperTarget and Wal-Mart’s Supercenter stores are offering premium beef and…



Now is the time to take action and take a stand against industrial agriculture.

Your solidarity with SRAP allows us to expose corporate CAFOs who put profits above a food system that values people, animals, and the environment. Your solidarity with SRAP allows us to expose corporate CAFOs who put profits above a food system that values people, animals, and the environment. View in your browser Factory farms owned…



Wastelands – When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors, By Eric Schlosser

When Thousands of Hogs Are Your Neighbors In “Wastelands,” Corban Addison tells the extraordinary story of how some North Carolina residents stood up to a meatpacking company polluting their communities. Young hogs at a Smithfield Foods livestock operation in North Carolina, 2017.Credit…Gerry Broome/Associated Press By Eric Schlosser June 7, 2022 When you purchase an independently…



The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains

The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains June 1, 20223:56 PM ET Ximena Bustillo Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Bloomberg via Getty Images Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the…



Burley Brothers Country Butchery opens storefront in Attica

Burley Brothers Country Butchery opens storefront in Attica LOCALLY GROWN: Business provides local meat and other products at Attica location By KORI SCIANDRA ksciandra@batavianews.com May 25, 2022 Burly Brothers Country Butchery opened this week in Attica. The business is among handful of full USDA butchers statewide. ATTICA — Burly Brothers Country Butchery opened its 10,000-square-foot…