Animal FactoriesUnrestrained technology applied to animals, fueled by the desire for increased profit, exacts a price on human values, the environment, the health of consumers and the welfare of small farmers that we can no longer afford to pay. Mason and Singer address these problems and offer solutions in Animal Factories Update. Black-and-white photographs. |
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... economics and other realities of farm life , I am familiar with farm people and the feelings they have about making a living from their land . They are buffeted by economic developments that force them to try to push their animals to ...
... economics and other realities of farm life , I am familiar with farm people and the feelings they have about making a living from their land . They are buffeted by economic developments that force them to try to push their animals to ...
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... Economic Community . United Kingdom . Public outrage against factory farming first broke out in Great Britain . It forced Parliament to appoint a committee to investigate factory systems and practices . The Brambell Committee - nine ...
... Economic Community . United Kingdom . Public outrage against factory farming first broke out in Great Britain . It forced Parliament to appoint a committee to investigate factory systems and practices . The Brambell Committee - nine ...
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... Economics , Statistics and Cooperative Service , Economic Effects of a Prohibition on the Use of Selected Animal Drugs , Agricultural Economic Report No. 414 ( Washington , D.C .: U.S. Department of Agriculture , Novem- ber 1978 ) , p ...
... Economics , Statistics and Cooperative Service , Economic Effects of a Prohibition on the Use of Selected Animal Drugs , Agricultural Economic Report No. 414 ( Washington , D.C .: U.S. Department of Agriculture , Novem- ber 1978 ) , p ...
Contents
What Its Like to Be a Biomachine | 1 |
Toward a Better Way of Life | 9 |
Even Biomachines Get Sick and | 19 |
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