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Farm Sanctuary
Gene Baur is one of a rare breed of animal rights activists who treats a very emotional subject pragmatically. He and his Farm Sanctuary organization are dedicated to ending the inhumane treatment of animals intended for slaughter and to improving the conditions under which animals become food.

The Compassionate Carnivore
Every spring, men would come to my uncle's farm and buy their family's Easter lambs and goats. Most just loaded them into their trucks and drove away, but one man wanted to kill and dress his purchase on the spot. I remember seeing my uncle wrapping a rope around the branch of a tree while the man waited, holding the lamb in his arms-and then I ran away.

Down on the Factory Farm
Intensive animal agriculture means that more animals suffer now than at any time in human history. Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) statistics show that over 665 million factory-farmed animals were slaughtered in Canada in 2004. Behind these statistics are sentient beings.

Fit for Human Consumption?

E. coli in Cattle

The Nature Challenge
When we read about health issues in the newspaper or seestories on TV, the focus is almost always on the potential benefits of the latest medical "breakthrough, such as an exciting new drug, technique or technology.

Superbugs, Viruses, and Agribusiness
Sometimes it seems that if an industry doesn't want to heed the message, it shoots the messenger. Microbiologist James Zahn, PhD, formerly with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has identified bacteria in the air surrounding industrial hog farms.

The Truth About Beef
Beef or chicken?"-a common question asked in restaurants every day. Ifyou're like most of us, fowl is first on your list.

Chickens As Toxic Machines
No more cute little red hen: Today's caged chickens growsick and die to produce our bacteria-laden eggs and meat. My local supermarket lists the price of eggs on the wall: White eggs, extra large: $2.

Like Oil and Water
Modern farming activities are no longer limited to small, family-owned operation.

Britain Still Slaughtering Cows
Over two and a half million animals were slaughtered, burned and buried in Britain this spring because of foot and mouth disease (FMD). By May, another 150,000 condemned animals awaited slaughter, held up by more than 200,000 carcasses needing burial.

Healthy Animals Don't Get Sick!
Foot and mouth disease is a historic contagious viral disease in cattle and other cloven-hooved animals. It often causes no symptoms and animals can go on to regain health following exposure. It's considered safe for people to eat meat from exposed or affected animals.

Water, Water Everywhere
Ever since Walkerton's tragic deadly E. coli outbreak, Canadians across this country are asking, "Is our tap water really safe?" We have every right to ask. Walkerton, a fiasco of cover-ups and incompetence whose resulting deaths and illnesses were unnecessary, could have happened anywhere in Canada..