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humane treatment

Low Stress Food Tastes Better

May 1, 2009

When a tree suffers stress, you can see it in its rings. Whether drought, disease, or fire, times of stress are permanently etched and visible to the naked eye. Have you ever thought to think the same might happen to our food? It does. Stress can permanently, and negatively, influence the taste and texture of [...]

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Equity in Humane Treatment

May 29, 2008

Meating Place (free registration required) annouces today that the USDA is expected to announce new (draft) regulations requiring those vendors who participate in the federal commodity purchase program (e.g. National school Lunch Program) to be able to prove they treat livestock humanely. Shouldn’t this apply to all USDA approved facilities? Does it already?

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