Americans have come to learn in recent years that factory farming, particularly of livestock and poultry, is a gruesome, animal-torturing enterprise. When the cubic footage of a chicken’s cage is scientifically calculated to maximize egg production, you can damn well be certain that the chicken’s level of agony is not going to factor into that particular equation. The farming industry […]

I try not to be too preachy about my vegetarianism. It’s a lifestyle choice, for sure, but, more importantly for me, it’s also a moral choice. Still, it’s MY choice and I’m not judgmental of others. That said, I was reading an interesting Daily Kos diary by Beach Babe in Florida and came across this shocking statistic: Americans eat one […]