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What’s in a Name? Food Labels, Explained

Modern Farmer

Pasture-raised”? Cage Free: This term refers to poultry that is allowed to roam indoors without cages and have access to food and water. Farms that receive this certification raise their animals in pasture or on range and allow the animals to behave and move in a way that supports their well-being.

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What Happened to Antibiotic-Free Chicken?

Civil Eats

However, the overuse of antibiotics in animal agriculture is one activity that has driven the development of dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. At the heart of the issue throughout the industry is an overwhelmingly common poultry disease called coccidiosis, caused by a parasite that is almost universally present in chicken waste.

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Animal Ag News 9/19

Agwired

Purina Animal Nutrition is excited to announce two new leading-edge nutrition products designed to address the top challenges of sheep and goat producers – Purina Accuration Sheep & Goat R+R Block and Purina RestEZ Sheep Balancer.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

Sofía De La Parra evaluates food producers and retailers at FAIRR, an initiative that tracks data showing how much companies’ animal agriculture supply chains are contributing to issues including greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Such large suppliers have a history of environmental pollution.

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A Deep Dive on the Senate’s Farm Bill Proposal: the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act of 2024

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

As with all programs, NSAC will continue to analyze the RPFSA’s CSP provisions, including a proposed one-time CSP subprogram focused on enrollment of up to 500,000 acres of native or improved pasture land used for livestock grazing in the Lower Mississippi River Valley to address water quality issues leading to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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