And the Obama Administration caves on the child labor rule for farmers I discussed here.
Tag: agriculture
Big agriculture is going to the mat for what really matters–exploiting child labor. Last year, two teenagers handling a large grain auger had their legs severed while working at the Zaloudek Gra
I don’t agree with all of James McWilliams’ attack on localized agriculture, but it is useful correction to the fawning deification of Michael Pollan, backyard chickens, grass-fed beef, et
It looks like this year’s farm bill will be even more atrocious than normal.
“Ketchup is a vegetable” is sounding pretty good right about now: Sarah Seltzer has a good overview of what is in school lunches–pink slime turned into meat. Technically, it is meat
Every election cycle brings back the fetishizing of the increasingly non-existent family farm. When combined with the Republican ardor for bombing brown people who could potentially have weapons of ma
California ranchers are unhappy that the federal government wants to replace branding cattle with electronic chips placed in cattle’s ears. The chips make a lot of sense on many levels. It’s not the 19th century anymore. It’s also far less cruel to the animals. But people are moaning about the dying West. Then again, the […]