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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

If these policies were adopted, small-scale animal agriculture would be a more economical model, and people would eat less meat. Jillian Fry Baltimore, Dec. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. It is essential for the industry’s survival.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The meat industry loves to squeal that “the cost of bacon will rise” whenever it’s faced with pressure to change. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.