The Life of a Factory Farm Dairy Cow
The Life of a Factory Farm Dairy Cow Today’s 9-million factory farm dairy cows suffer immeasurably their entire lives. Cows are ruminant animals, which means they need to graze on grass to sustain their...
Humane Decisions Website
Unverified Food Labels
There are a number of unverified food labels or claims that have no legal significance, standards or definition, and have been created by the egg or meat industry to manipulate consumers. The U.S. government...
Misleading and Meaningless Food Labels
Misleading or Meaningless Food Labels Food labels are downright deceptive and misleading today. Most food labels are created by corporate marketing departments to drive profits and consumer sales at all costs, frequently making meaningless, misleading, and false...
2014 Conscious Eating Conference: Session #5: Free-Range and Backyard Chickens
Speaker: Karen Davis, Ph.D., United Poultry Concerns Karen Davis, Ph.D., is the President and Founder of United Poultry Concerns; is an author of several books on the poultry industry, and maintains a sanctuary for...
2014 Conscious Eating Conference: Session #6: Going Beyond Meat
Speaker: Ethan Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of Beyond Meat Ethan Brown, is the CEO and co-founder of Beyond Meat, a plant-based replacement for animal protein. Brown’s new company, Beyond Meat, produces products that replace...
The Life of Battery Caged Egg-Laying Hens
Today’s commercial egg-producing business is not what it was 30-40 years ago. The vast majority of today’s eggs come from enormous indoor factory farms where for 18 months multiple hens are crowded uncomfortably into tiny,...
Dalai Lama Said “Life is Dear for All Creatures”
The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1950-present) is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and winner of 1989 Nobel Peace Prize and is a vegetarian. He encourages others to become vegetarian for health and compassionate...
The Inner World of Farm Animals
The Inner World of Farm Animals By Amy Hatkoff In The Inner World of Farm Animals, Amy Hatkoff reveals the latest scientific research on the emotional and intellectual capacities of farm animals with moving stories that...
My Gentle Barn
My Gentle Barn By Ellie Laks Founder Ellie Laks tells the story of how she started the Gentle Barn, after adopting a sick goat from a run-down petting zoo in 1999. Some two hundred...
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer Eating Animals addresses the moral dimensions of why we love some animals and not others. Foer explores the origins of many eating traditions and the fictions involved with creating them...
