Some people love to gorge on junk food without a care; others build shrines to kale. No judgments. But what if we could …
Factory Farms
A Sustainable Big Mac? McDonald’s Moves in the Opposite Direction of the Dollar Menu
McDonald’s—the fast-food behemoth has made a Whopper doozy of an announcement to kick off 2014: It’s going …
The Future for Antibiotics Looks Brighter with New FDA Restrictions on Livestock Feed
Factory farms adding antibiotics to livestock feed indiscriminately will have to look for other options to boost animal …
FDA Sued For Withholding Info On Dangerous Animal Growth Drugs
Several public interest groups have filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for allegedly withhol…
FDA Bans Nearly All Use of Arsenic in Animal Feed
Since the 1940s, nearly 70 percent of the chickens and turkeys raised for meat in the U.S., as well as some hogs, were f…
Dairy Farming Marring New Zealand's Rivers
New Zealand is facing unprecedented contamination levels in its rivers and waterways despite its national slogan of R…
Unapproved GMO Wheat Found Growing in Oregon
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) discovered an unapproved …
Deceptive Egg Carton Labeling Lands FDA, USDA and FTC in Federal Court
Two national nonprofits, Animal Legal Defense Fund and Compassion Over Killing, have filed a complaint in a federal dist…
FDA Must Speed its Process on Antibiotic Safety in Factory Farms, Court Rules
A New York federal court has ruled that the FDA cannot delay its regulatory proceedings on determining the safety of ant…
Is Exploiting Sex Okay In The Name of Animal Rights? PETA Debuts Its XXX Domain
Philosophers have long contended that we’re at war with our consciousness—reckoning with our mysterious situation …
