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Factory animal farms produce meat through routine torture and environmental destruction.

THE STAR PRESS – Aug. 7, 2008
Hog manure spill kills fish

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – July 9, 2008
Neighbors concerned over bubbles at dairy lagoon

ALTERNET – July 1, 2008
Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water?

BOSTON GLOBE – June 30, 2008
Dairy farm pollution oversight said lax

NBC10 – June 12, 2008
Environmental Officials Investigate Fish Kill Near Plant

GRIST – June 11, 2008
Take My Breath Away - Fumes from Minn. dairy force neighbors to evacuate

TOLEDO BLADE – September 29, 2007
Mich. fines large dairy $141,500

MEATINGPLACE.COM – September 25, 2007
Environmental groups say Iowa hog producers polluting water(login required)

REUTERS – September 24, 2007
Frog deformities blamed on farm and ranch runoff

USA TODAY – September 01, 2007
An inconvenient food: the connection between meat and global warming.

SCIENCE DAILY – July 13, 2007
Routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock may be contaminating the environment

YEMEN OBSERVER – July 10, 2007
The end of cheap food

THE INDEPENDENT – May 14, 2007
Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming

GUARDIAN – April 15, 2007
Main points from the UN study of global agriculture

TOLEDO BLADE – March 24, 2007
More violations issued against 2 dairy megafarms

TERRA DAILY – March 21, 2007
Agrifood giant nearly rivals carmakers on emissions

UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS
Livestock’s Long Shadow –Environmental Issues and Options (pdf)

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR – February 20, 2007
Humans' beef with livestock: a warmer planet

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM – January 18, 2007
Vegetarian is the new Prius

NOCAFOS.ORG
Confirmed violations/discharges from CAFOs and liquid-system livestock operations to Bean/Tiffin Watershed and River Raisin Watershed
202 Violations, 2000-2007

TIMES-NEWS – January 15, 2007
Showdown looms in Idaho

GLOBE GAZETTE – January 06, 2007
The smell of money

FAO NEWSROOM – November 29, 2006
Livestock a major threat to environment

MICROBIAL LIFE
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone

KANSAS CITY BUSINESS JOURNAL – September 25, 2006
Premium Standard settles suit for $4.5M

NEW YORK TIMES – September 21, 2006
Leafy green sewage

NEW SCIENTIST – December 12, 2006
Cows, pigs and sheep: Environment's greatest threats?

FAO NEWSROOM – November 29, 2006
Methane gas a factor in climate change

SCORECARD – POLLUTION LOCATOR | Animal Waste

UN NEWS CENTRE – November 29, 2006
Rearing cattle produces more greenhouse gases than driving cars, UN report warns

NEW YORK TIMES – October 15, 2006
The way we live now

BBC NEWS – September 07, 2006
Methane bubbles climate trouble

TOLEDO BLADE – August 13, 2006
Ohio, Michigan megafarms spur clashes over air, water pollution

NEW STANDARD – July 3, 2006
Giant factory farms encroach on communities, evade regulation

SIOUX CITY JOURNAL – June 28, 2006
Dickinson County rejects proposed hog facility

FAIRFIELD LEDGER – June 5, 2006
Lawsuit filed against hog lot

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO CHRONICLE – May 11, 2006
Want to help the planet? Eat a salad

FREEMAN SPOGLI INSTITUTE – May 3, 2006
Consequences of increased global meat consumption on the global environment

ABC NEWS – April 19, 2006
Meat-eaters aiding global warming?

IN THESE TIMES – March 22, 2006
Meat-industrial complex

COMMON DREAMS – February 28, 2006
Armed forces are put on standby to tackle threat of wars over water

GUARDIAN – February 27, 2006
Cry me a river

GRIST – February 21, 2006
Finger-lickin' bad

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS – February 21, 2006
Former hog farm is big mess for state

CITY PAGES – February 1, 2006
Big cow factory on the prairie

EARTHSAVE – August 2005
A new global warming strategy

TRI-STATE NEIGHBOR – December 7, 2005
Confinement is friendly to cattle, the environment

NEW YORK TIMES – August 19, 2005
How to poison a river

WORLD WATCH – July/August 2004
Is meat sustainable?

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL – December 1998
America's animal factories

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