The Hightower Report: Outlawing Exposés of Factory Farm Horrors

"Ag gag" bill would classify exposing factory farm abuses as terrorism

"...and Borden are actually produced in mammoth, mega-messy, monstrous factory farms. Known by the baleful industrial acronym CAFO, these..."

Feb. 8, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Day Trips: Knolle Dairy Farms, Sandia

South Texas farm offers fresh Mexican cheese and the chance to pet a Jersey cow

"...Knolle Dairy Farms outside of Mathis has the largest herd of Jersey..."

May 26, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Crackdown

If local eggs are outlawed, will only outlaws have eggs?

"...to determine their freshness – more on this later). "Factory farm eggs are graded so they can still sell..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

As the Region Booms, Farmers Struggle to Feed Austin Locally

As the region booms, farmers struggle to feed Austin locally

"...sides by the Central Texas boom. Their Green Gate Farms property in North­east Austin, which they've rented for 17..."

Feb. 24, 2023 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Food-o-File

A capacity crowd stands up for small, sustainable family farms at Pamela Walker's book signing

"...important paradigm shift away from the chemical-dependent, big agribusiness, factory-farm model to one where small, sustainable family farms are..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report

Gagging on ag-gag laws

"...Factory farms are not farms at all. They are corporate-run..."

April 26, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

American Meat

Throwing conventions aside and bringing the farmer back to the table

"...regret and debt are commonplace in the world of factory farming. In the land of Tyson, Perdue, and Pilgrim’s..."

Feb. 17, 2013 Food Post by Anna Toon

Taking Advantage of Tragedies to Push Own Agenda

"...a couple of years ago in Southeast Asia’s poultry farms, killing dozens of people throughout the region and has..."

Sept. 28, 2005 Postmarks

Academy Award-Nominated Shorts 2002

"...its uncommon portrait of the slow death of family-owned farms in America. Writer/director Ray McKinnon plays the Accountant, a..."

July 12, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Meat of the Matter

Toward being a better carnivore

"...be disturbing to contemplate the reality of modern-day agriculture: Factory farms, emphasizing profit over all, tolerate and even promote..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Food Feature by Amy Kamp

Farm to Table to Policy

Building an appetite for local food

"...Dorsey Barger of HausBar Farms and Eastside Cafe echoed the group's concerns with property..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Katie Walsh

The Hightower Lowdown

Look out: Bush is "revising standards" again; and the tax man is out to get the poor millionaires of Darien, Conn.

"...horrendous pollution being caused in rural America by huge factory farms. "This is a major step forward to protect..."

Jan. 10, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

The dog-running controversy continues … and chalk another one up for Ventura.

"...Factory farms have become a major environmental nuisance in the..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column

Sea Change

Searching for sustainable shrimp

"...of antibiotics and chemicals added to conventional commercial fish farms. The problems are similar to land factory farms: Excessive..."

June 12, 2015 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Andrew Zimmern Talks Everything From Experimentation to Fake Chicken

We chat with the celebrity chef to discuss how food ties us together

"...and relieve the pressure off of these horrific poultry factory farms. I believe once you get into that conversation,..."

March 18, 2022 Food Post by Rod Machen

Food-o-File

Buy local eggs, the Best Wurst lives on, locals get some small-screen time, and more delicious foodie news

"...subsequent recall of millions of eggs produced at giant factory farms in Iowa for distribution around the country graphically..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Just Walk Away

"...throwing them. PETA has yet to find a "humane" factory farm where animals aren't crowded together, where their precious..."

Feb. 11, 2015 Postmarks

Veggie Tales

PETA's mission gets lost in theatrics

"...to be assaulted with a "firsthand look" at their factory farming video. With PT Barnum chicanery, the animal rights..."

March 8, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, August 21-27

"...efforts to promote animal welfare, but the rise of factory farms, toxic slaughterhouses, zoos, circuses, and cosmetic testing has..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Luv Doc: A Taste for Ballin'

20-inch blades on the Impala

"...Certain mental health professionals claim that when people are..."

Sept. 20, 2019 Column by Luv Doc

Food-o-File

Big Brother puts the squeeze on more than just juice

"...rules meant to regulate major national food producers and factory farms being used to put small artisan-food producers and..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report

Free Market Hypocrites; and Lobbyists Go Shopping

"...laws that ban massive releases of ammonia from their factory farms, electric power plants want to increase their toxic..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our readers talk back.

"...fossil fuels to operate farm machinery, trucks, refrigeration equipment, factory farms, and slaughterhouses. It emits methane from the digestive..."

June 23, 2006 Column

Go Meatless Before Hybrid

"...fossil fuels to operate farm machinery, trucks, refrigeration equipment, factory farms, and slaughterhouses. It emits methane from the digestive..."

June 20, 2006 Postmarks

Feds' Animal ID Program Raises Ruckus Among Small Farmers

National Animal Identification System favors factory farms over Ma and Pa

"..."or they can limit it to certain segments of factory farms and leave the little guy out." The costs,..."

March 17, 2006 News Feature by Frank Rivera

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Our readers talk back.

"...on how the lives of billions of animals on factory farms could be saved every year as a result...."

Oct. 17, 2003 Column

Holier Than Thou and the Church

"...on how the lives of billions of animals on factory farms could be saved every year as a result...."

Oct. 8, 2003 Postmarks

To Your Health

Is grass-fed beef healthier or better than grain-fed?

"...infections, nausea, and depression in people who live near factory farms...."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by James Heffley, Ph.D.

The Hightower Report

Bush's long vacation benefits America; his Ag Department pick ain't exactly a family farmer.

"...small, as in small farmers. He says that 200,000-acre factory farms fit his vision of what agriculture should be...."

Aug. 30, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...lifetime of caging, crowding, and deprivation in the world's factory farms. For every human being who dies of warfare,..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

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