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  • May 2008

    • Organic Meat Is Climate Culprit

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 8, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      Organic Meat Is Climate Culprit

      The gas production, need for space, and food requirements required by organic and free-range livestock hurt the environment more than their traditional counterparts, the BBC reports. Organic poultry can heat the earth some 45% more than indoor poultry, one group said; and a UN division found that farm animals heat the Earth more than transport. The reports have led experts to push indoor "precision husbandry." More »

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      animal  • carbon footprint  • organic food  • deforestation  • livestock  • beef  • methane  • pork  • poultry  • dairy

  • January 2008

    • UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 20, 08 2:21 PM CST

      UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

      Veal is the new guilt-free meat in Britain, and everyone from top chefs to farmers and animal activists is pushing consumers to eat up . Anti-cruelty groups largely eliminated veal from the UK diet in the '90s, and as a result, dairy farmers slaughter half a million male calves and export the rest to veal farms. But with new standards in place, eating British-raised veal has become the solution to, not cause of, cruelty. More »

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      Great Britain  • agriculture  • farmer  • animal cruelty  • cattle  • dairy  • Tesco  • veal

  • August 2007

    • China to World: Got Milk?

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 8, 07 9:51 AM CDT

      China to World: Got Milk?

      Prices of dairy products are likely to rocket in the wake of a massive rise in global demand triggered by new consumer juggernaut China, the BBC reports. China's taste for milk and cheese is outpacing its domestic dairy industry's ability to keep up, and prices in other countries will rise as exporters scramble to satisfy China. More »

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      China  • food  • milk  • Wen Jiabao  • dairy

  • March 2007

    • Fat and Fertility Do Mix

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Mar 1, 07 4:29 PM CST

      Fat and Fertility Do Mix

      Eating ice cream may help expand your waistline in more ways than one: consuming full-fat dairy products may actually boost fertility, according to new Harvard research. In an eight-year study of women suffering from anovulatory infertility—infertility due to lack of ovulation—greater intake of full-fat dairy products directly correlated with a higher rate of conception.   More »

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      pregnancy  • fertility  • fat  • nutrition  • conception  • waistline  • dairy

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