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The Other Side of the Egg Debate

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This short article reports that Vancouver, BC is considering a measure similar to Prop 2 in California, but there are concerns amongst advocates of the poor. But with battery eggs costing about $2 a dozen and organic free-range eggs costing between $5 and $6 a dozen, the impact of the proposed change goes beyond poultry.

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EU Bans Battery Cages

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Full article on Food Safety News. Others have arranged for barns or other free-range systems, but the law now clearly reserves hens a seat at a nest. To offset yesterday's crappy news about California, here's good news from the EU! As of Jan. Duncan, Ph.D.,

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Egg Producers and Humane Society Urging Federal Standard on Hen Cages ” (Business Day, July 8): I’m a vegetarian who turned vegan after coming to terms with the fact that just because I was eating hormone-free, antibiotic-free, even free-range organic eggs didn’t mean that egg-producing hens were living a cruelty-free life.

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From Today's Wall Street Journal

Animal Ethics

Rather than eating dogs, we all ought to eat exclusively small-farmed, free-range meat. Chantelle Wallace Austin, Texas The irony of this article, which is reminiscent of Irish author Jonathan Swift's suggestion of eating "excess children" to shock and awe his readers, isn't lost on an intelligent reader.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn., Borrowing a move from the tobacco industry, Ms. Contrary to Ms. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J.,

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Afforestation

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The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) There are a pair of this year’s seedlings at the top of this article.). For a plant-lover like me, it is hard to accept that grass is the enemy.

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Trader Joe's Eggs NOT Humane

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I decided to look online for some information regarding the "Organic Free Range Eggs" that Trader Joe's, my favorite store, sells. Now customers looking for cage-free eggs need to look no further than the Trader Joe's label. But are they really free-range eggs? Here is what their web site says.

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