“ In fact, free range is like piggy day care, a thoughtfully arranged system designed to meet the needs of consumers who despise industrial agriculture and adore the idea of wildness.
Local/sustainable/humane foodies, here is your Ann Coulter. Meet James E. McWilliams. (via cathyerway)
For those of you who read this op-ed piece last week, note that the New York Times added something at the end:
Editors’ Note: April 14, 2009
An Op-Ed article last Friday, about pork, neglected to disclose the source of the financing for a study finding that free-range pigs were more likely than confined pigs to test positive for exposure to certain pathogens. The study was financed by the National Pork Board.
Also note that the study measured antibodies in the pigs’ blood (which indicates exposure to a pathogen), not the presence of the actual pathogens or rates of infection. You can read the original report here, and check out more analysis from Marion Nestle and the Center For a Livable Future at Johns Hopkins.
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