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(CAFOs) 4.3 BILLION Confined Farm Animals Pose Environmental and Public Health Risks

(CAFOs) 4.3 BILLION Confined Farm Animals Pose Environmental and Public Health Risks | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

March 23, 2012 World Watch Institute 

RISING NUMBER OF CONFINED FARM ANIMALS POSES ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS The global population of farm animals increased 23 percent between 1980 and 2010, from 3.5 billion to 4.3 billion, according to research by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online publication. These figures continue a trend of rising farm animal populations, with harmful effects on the environment, public health, and global development ... http://www.worldwatch.org/rising-number-farm-animals-poses-environmental-and-public-health-risks?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+worldwatch%2Fall+%28Worldwatch+Institute%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

 

Worldwatch Institute
AGRICULTURE AND FACTORY FARM LIVESTOCK REMAIN MAJOR SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ... http://www.worldwatch.org/agriculture-and-livestock-remain-major-sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+worldwatch%2Fall+%28Worldwatch+Institute%29

 

              +++++AN IMAGE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS++++++++
         Google Image Search " Factory Farming http://ow.ly/k2pgD

 

CAFO: THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FACTORIES: http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1845482799/cafo-the-tragedy-of-industrial-animal-factories

 

April 22, 2013 - Humanosphere
STATE DEREGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL DAIRY FARMS - ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION RESPONDS http://www.riverkeeper.org/news-events/news/preserve-river-ecology/environmental-coalition-responds-to-state-deregulation-of-industrial-dairy-farms/

 

                                      ++++ALERT++++

                     ANTI-WHISTLE BLOWER AG-GAG BILLS

                    AIMED AT KEEPING YOU IN THE DARK

    ABOUT FACTORY FARMS AND YOUR FOOD http://sco.lt/7aFBUv

 

 

 WATCH:

+++"A RIVER OF WASTE " 

Beginning with a history of the American food system, River of Waste shows its evolution to large-scale corporate farms where pollution and use of growth hormones threaten both individual health and the future of our planet http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/river-waste/

 

March 14, 3013 - Mother Jones

IOWA'S FACTORY LIVESTOCK FARMS CHURN OUT MORE UNTREATED WASTE THAN THE HUMAN SEWAGE OUTPUT OF THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES  http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/03/chinas-dead-hog-scandal-gross%E2%80%94-so-are-our-factories-farms

 

GROUPS FILE MOTION TO STOP FACTORY FARMS FROM USING WATERWAYS AS DUMPING GROUNDS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3643934709/groups-file-motion-to-stop-factory-farms-from-using-waterways-as-dumping-grounds

 

HOW FACTORY FARMING CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING | NationofChange http://www.nationofchange.org/how-factory-farming-contributes-global-warming-1358786945

 

March 20, 2013 - Pew Health Initiatives

SHINING A LIGHT ON INDUSTRIAL FARMS ANTIBIOTIC USE - NEARLY 30 MILLION POUNDS OF ANTIBIOTICS WERE SOLD BY BIG PHARMA FOR USE IN FOOD ANIMALS http://www.pewhealth.org/reports-analysis/issue-briefs/washington-food-leaders-urge-sen-murray-to-shine-a-light-on-industrial-farms-antibiotic-use-85899461346

 

May 7, 2013
FLUE INFECTIONS RISING AMONG CHINESE PIGS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Flu_infections_rising_among_Chinese_pigs_study_999.html

 

CAN MEAT FACTORIES BE SAFE, AT 4000 COWS A DAY, 3000 STEAKS A MINUTE? October 5, 2012: - The Globe and Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/can-meat-factories-be-safe-at-4000-cows-a-day-3000-steaks-a-minute/article4593690/

 

80,000 CHICKEN FACTORY FARM (CAFO) PROJECT HAS ORGANIC FARMER WORRIED worried http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2577673216/80-000-chicken-farm-cafo-project-has-organic-farmer-worried

 

MORE, BIGGER, FASTER

+++WATCH

FULL GROWN CHICKEN IN 39 DAYS? GROWTH HORMONES AND ANTIBIOTICS http://sco.lt/5Za1o1

 

>>>>>>WATCH:

FROM FARM TO FRIDGE: THE TRUTH BEHIND YOUR MEAT PRODUCTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=THIODWTqx5E&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoop.it%2Ft%2Fagriculture-gmos-pesticides%3Fpage%3D2%26q%3DFACTORY%2BFARMS&has_verified=1

 

>>>>>> WATCH:

HOW WILL HISTORY REMEMBER US?  A WORLD WITHOUT FACTORY FARMS  VIDEO  YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o&feature=youtu.be

 

 

 

 

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GMO’s Move Out - GMO says bye bye to Europe – For Now

GMO’s Move Out - GMO says bye bye to Europe – For Now | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

This week BASF announced that it is moving its GMOs out of Europe. Will the English-speaking media lose its nerve and write about it? Based on past experience, my wager goes to the habitual policy of silence, and I expect that the news will continue all but unrecorded in English. Most of us will not celebrate as we should......

Written by: Ignacio Chapela is Associate Professor of Microbial Ecology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a Senior Researcher at GenØk, the National Center for Biosafety, Norway.

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