Meat (page 36)

Heads Up

On National Public Radio this weekend, the Water Keeper Alliance’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was asked about the activist campaign against the pork industry. Kennedy’s response: “We are going to…
Posted February 20, 2001 at 12:00 am

Rent-A-Nanny

“If there were credible evidence that the use of antibiotics in poultry was a hazard to humans, we would be the first to pull it,” says Charles Beard, vice president…
Posted January 23, 2001 at 12:00 am

Nannies Down On The Range

The New York Times picks up on the anti-agribusiness activist campaign, specifically on the “dangers” of antibiotics in meat. The Times says that in order to avoid antibiotics, turn…
Posted January 17, 2001 at 12:00 am

Warning

Anti-agribusiness activists are claiming victory in the pork checkoff battle, but say they’re not going to rest on their laurels: “Family farmers are fighting back against the commodity groups…
Posted January 16, 2001 at 12:00 am

Anti-Agribusiness Study Questioned

The Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) latest report on the use of antibiotics on farm animals is rightly criticized by junkscience.com's Steven Milloy. Milloy says UCS anti-agribusiness report "has put fear way ahead of the facts."
Posted January 15, 2001 at 12:00 am

No One Is Safe

"We're starting with hogs," said Robert Kennedy, Jr., president of the Water Keeper Alliance. "After the hogs, then we are going after the other ones," referring to the poultry and beef industries. ("Concerns that pork suit may be extended to other areas," The Des Moines Register, 1/8/01) All the more reason that we'll be keeping an eye on tomorrow's anti-hog summit where Kennedy will be the featured speaker.
Posted January 10, 2001 at 12:00 am

Bye George, Nannies Will Miss Ya

George magazine, founded by John F. Kennedy Jr., has folded. With its passing, the nannies will lose one of its better media connections. Not long ago, George ran an article…
Posted January 5, 2001 at 12:00 am

Enjoy Your Turkey And Shut Up

Indiana University student Chris Edwards has something to say to anti-choice nannies who want you to skip the turkey and eat only organic vegetables this Thanksgiving: "Animals are animals. They aren't people and never will be. Supposedly organically grown foods are nothing more than an elaborate scheme to separate wannabe hippies from their money. So enjoy your turkey and shut up."
Posted November 22, 2000 at 12:00 am

Mispackaging Science

Not long ago, we told you about Jeffrey Armour Nelson, of the Armour meatpackers, who now makes his living bashing meat and promoting vegetarianism. At that time, Nelson was attempting…
Posted November 14, 2000 at 12:00 am

Forlorn Thanksgiving Feast

Thanksgiving without turkey and with only organic, locally grown, in-season vegetables? That's what some anti-choice activists like EarthSave's Howard Lyman, the Organic Consumer's Association's Ronnie Cummins, and Sustain's Jim Slama want you to have. They'll be discussing their plans for you in Chicago on November 18th, one day after a Washington press conference where the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Caroline Smith-DeWaal will tell us how much "danger" we're in when we eat our favorite holiday bird.
Posted November 9, 2000 at 12:00 am