In the ad, Williams makes a powerful case for compassion while viewers see shocking footage of abused pigs, chickens and other animals in slaughterhouses and factory farms. Choosing not to kill animals for food says something important about you as a person: that you care deeply about your impact on others and the world. Animal advocates around the globe will observe World GO VEGAN Days by holding potluck dinners, restaurant outings, cooking demonstrations, feed-ins, public lectures,...

In the last four years Spell has often talked up the need for the state's farming industry to move more into energy production, and it's an area he promoted Wednesday night. Cole, 41, of Eutica, also a proponent of alternative energy, wants the state to first explore the timber industry as a food source for energy production before turning to food crops like corn. In the recent year or two since corn harvests have been stretched due to demands on ethanol production, prices on beef,...

They were among those who not only came for the day s speakers and demonstrations, but their children participated as well. From how to market goat meat to how to spot diseases and parasites, there was something educational for everyone, including a catered lunch of goat meat and barbeque. The all-day event took place at Rawhide Ridge Farm in Cascades, one of the largest meat goat farms in the state with more than 250 goats on a 150 plus acre site. Horsley, his wife, Tonya, and their two...

Consider making bale crop silage, traditional silage or using a propionic acid/acetic acid preservative if moisture content is greater than 20 percent. If there are cool-season grasses in the hay field, too, consider grazing the field after the alfalfa is dormant; employ bloat-preventive strategies. The alfalfa crop should not begin regrowth again to help reduce the risk of a late-season harvest. There will be more risk on soils that are prone to alfalfa taproot heaving as the insulating...

These determinations are necessary measures for FSIS and American consumers to develop and maintain trust in imported meat, poultry, and egg products. FSIS also performs more intensive inspections on approximately 10% of shipments of meat, poultry, and egg products, including product examinations, mibrobiological analyses for pathogens such as E. suppliers? Only countries with equivalent food safety systems are allowed to ship meat, poultry, or egg products to the United States....