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Until All the Rivers Run Dry

The Colorado River and the Rio Grande are running dry. The major U.S. aquifers are being depleted at alarming rates. Yet no one seems to be asking: Is feed for livestock really where our water should be going?
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Until All the Rivers Run Dry

The Colorado River and the Rio Grande are running dry. The major U.S. aquifers are being depleted at alarming rates. Yet no one seems to be asking: Is feed for livestock really where our water should be going?
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Counting the Uncounted

Last year 1,358,812,000 farmed land animals in the U.S. died or were killed before reaching the slaughter line. That’s 43 animals dying every second of every day. In the drive to maximize profits, animal death and suffering is just a line item on an expense sheet.
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Neonics: Poison, Profit, and Policy

Take a highly toxic pesticide with limited efficacy and bundle it to increase sales. Use market power to make neonics the default option for feed crop farmers. Somehow convince the U.S. government that this widely dispersed toxin does not need to be monitored or regulated. Stand by while myriad species are harmed and the potential for human health risk grows.
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Factory farm manure is a pollutant – the valuable fertilizer pretense is wearing thin

Factory farm manure creates nutrient pollution that poisons waterways, kills wildlife, and degrades drinking water. That reality has been obscured by federal agencies and the animal ag industry for decades.
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The Animal Ag Industry: Hiding in Plain Sight

Factory farming wears a thin but effective disguise. Because of our appetite for cheap meat, we’re easily taken in by labels with red barns or photos of family farmers with cows on pasture.
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