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Tag: Animal Welfare

Organic: what it is.

November 26, 2016

I stumbled across this article some months ago about organic chicken production in Delaware.  This article is the perfect illustration …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Big-Ag, Chickens, Organic
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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I Figured out the Barn!

June 10, 2016

I’m a very happy fellow these days. You see, I’ve just solved a three-year old dilemma that’s been aggravating me …

Tags: Animal Welfare, bright ideas, Buildings, Cows, Pigs, Success!
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Little Hoop House on the Prairie

May 9, 2016

Look!  We built that. It’s really not so big of an accomplishment, having now built one I can assert that …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Buildings, Chickens
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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Chicken Coop Stocking Density

January 23, 2016

Stocking density: lower must be better, right? Most of the certifying bodies that address “humane” livestock production, in this specific …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Chickens, eggs, Weather
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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Let There Be Light!

January 6, 2015

Little by little we’re making our barn into a better place to work. We’ve put up enough gates and doors …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Buildings
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Piglet Processing

November 4, 2014

We weaned the last summer litter of piglets today. I thought I’d take the opportunity to explain a bit of …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Pigs
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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Pigs just wanna have fun

April 24, 2013
Tags: Animal Welfare, Pigs
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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Chicken Tenderloin. Gimme a break.

September 11, 2012

So here recently I’ve been watching more TV than I normally do (none) and like everyone else who watches TV, …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Chickens
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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Corporations, Universities, and the Future of Conventional Agriculture

June 18, 2012

I happened across this article the other day which details a report by the group Food & Water Watch on …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Antibiotics, Big-Ag
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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Radio Rant

March 20, 2012

On yesterdays Intersection program on KBIA, our local public radio station, there was an interesting discussion of farm and food …

Tags: Animal Welfare, Cows, Pigs
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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