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How the food industry exerts influence II: climate scientists (meat industry)

Food Politics

But a recent article on meat industry influence on climate change science, sent to me by one of its authors, focuses on two individual recipients of meat industry funding. The animal agriculture industry, US universities, and the obstruction of climate understanding and policy. The study: Morris, V., Jacquet, J.

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The COP-28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai—items

Food Politics

For starters, the irony : A climate-change conference in an oil-rich state The head of the conference publicly states “ there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels.” The lunch menu: The summit is featuries roughly two-thirds plant-based menu to highlight the link between greenhouse gas emissions and livestock.

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WILD SCIENCE FICTION

The Lunatic Farmer

The impact of this disruption on industrial animal farming will be profound. All other livestock industries will suffer a similar fate, while the knock-on effects for crop farmers and businesses throughout the value chain will be severe. Other livestock markets such as chicken, pig, and fish will follow a similar trajectory.

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Letter Supporting Rural Veterinary Workforce Act

NASDA

Passage of the bill will also help each state address its needs for public practice veterinarians (food safety, public health, epidemiology, pathology, molecular diagnostics, virology, toxicology, immunology, bacteriology, serology, foreign animal disease preparedness, and livestock infectious diseases).

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Letter to USDA Regarding H5N1 Outbreak in Dairy Cattle

NASDA

Livestock auction barns and markets, as a result of the federal order, have faced an undue burden and a significant financial loss due to a decrease in sales. Sincerely, Blayne Arthur President, NASDA Secretary Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry Charles Hatcher, D.V.M.

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Nurturing a Path to Success for Small, Sustainable Sheepherders

Food Tank

“He said, ‘I’ll help you with school, but my one stipulation is that you cannot take any animal science classes. Be a poet, do whatever, just no animal science.’ When packers own animals, they are able to pull from their own supply when prices go up, instead of buying from farmers on the open market.

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Animal Ag News 10/23

Agwired

Livestock Publications Council (LPC) annually inducts one of its distinguished leaders into the Hall of Fame. LPC’s Headliner Award Program, inaugurated in 1980, salutes an individual for meritorious service to the livestock industry. Advancing Animal Agriculture.” In addition, the NDB awards a $3,500 James H.