The fight over the image of agriculture, livestock and the food industry has been ongoing for quite some time, but the battlefield is changing. Social media, internet blogs and general guerilla marketing are now the forums of debate.I ventured into a Chipotle restaurant this weekend while on a family outing and was waited on by employees wearing shirts with slogans such as:
You Don't Need rBGH to Spell Sour Cream or Cheese Additives are Subtractive Pork from Farmers Not Factories
According to an online nutrition calculator, the burrito they served me had 850-calories that generously provided 103 percent of my daily sodium requirement. (I took a pass on the extra sour cream, guacamole and chips that would have made it a 1,690 calorie...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
