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Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:21 -0500

Foer's Virtual Classroom Visits

jonw — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:10:21 -0500

Update (October 9, 2012): Last week, Farm Forward held our first series of Virtual Classroom Visits with acclaimed author and Farm Forward Board member Jonathan Safran Foer. Foer met with more than 2,100 high school and college students in eight webinar sessions to discuss animal welfare, environmental degradation, avian influenza, ag-gag, the plight of farmers, and other issues raised in his international best-seller Eating Animals. More than 70 college and high school classes in 3 countries and more than 20 U.S. states participated.

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Spotlight on Poultry Welfare

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:07:21 -0500

2012 was a banner year for the welfare of pigs in the United States. According to the USDA, 60 to 70 percent of the 5.8 million breeding sows living in the United States spend the majority of their lives in cramped metal stalls called gestation crates.U.S.

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'Eating Animals' Documentary

ben.goldsmith — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:10:56 -0500

With animal studies a quickly growing interdisciplinary field around the globe, Farm Forward recently launched the Eating Animals Education Project to increase the reach of this important book to students everywhere.

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2012 Farm Forward Recap

larap — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:43:49 -0600

2012 marks Farm Forward’s fifth year of changing the way America eats and farms, and with the help of our loyal supporters—all of you—it has been the most game-changing year yet! But don’t take our word for it—check out this list of the top five ways we’ve moved farming forward in 2012.

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Why Farm Forward Matters

ben.goldsmith — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:24:23 -0600

Factory farming is a unique kind of problem: the abuse of animals on factory farms is not like the abuse that traditional animal protection groups were formed to combat decades ago. Factory farming is something new and this new problem has created a need for a new kind of advocate—and a new form of advocacy. Farm Forward applies this new advocacy not only to our own campaigns but also to the approach we take with the many groups we advise and work alongside. As best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer explains:

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High-Welfare Meets High-Tech

ben.goldsmith — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:20:47 -0600

Farm Forward Board Member and 4th-generation Kansas farmer Frank Reese Jr. is on a mission to revolutionize the poultry industry by raising heritage turkeys and chickens in high-welfare conditions. His latest achievement is a new, state-of-the-art barn at Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch. The barn is the first of its kind—a large-scale facility that produces exclusively heritage chickens and turkeys.

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Celebrating Thanksgiving

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:20:47 -0600

Every Thanksgiving, we gather with our family and friends to celebrate what we've been thankful for during the past year. Thanksgiving, more than any other American holiday, also invites us to reflect on the food we put on the table. For those of us who oppose the cruelty and waste of factory farming, the traditional turkey (approximately 97 percent of turkeys are produced on factory farmsFarm Forward calculation based on U.S.

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What is Hybrid Poultry?

ben.goldsmith — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:19:51 -0500

You’ve heard about genetically modified soy and corn, but genetically hybrid chickens? In the United States, virtually all the chickens and turkeys raised for meat or eggs—including those labeled natural, organic, and free-range—are from hybridized birds. “The poultry industry has hidden the problems stemming from hybrid genetics from public view more effectively than the tobacco industry hid the health risks of smoking.

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Exposing Ag-Gag

ben.goldsmith — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:01:19 -0500

When Farm Forward Board Member and best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer first became a father he felt compelled to find out more about meat production.

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