This is What School Lunch Looks Like in Chickasha, Oklahoma

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Hot Pockets Recalls 8 Million Pounds of Meat Due to “Diseased and Unsound Animals”

Last year saw a great number of widely publicized instances of food fraud and general nastiness when it came to the various items many of us regularly put in our bodies. From “fake tuna,” to rat meat in the streets of Shanghai, to alcohol in New Jersey diluted with “river water,” the list was seemingly endless. While 2014 has … Read more

States Move to Criminalize Whistleblowing on Food Fraud and Animal Cruelty

In today’s America it’s no longer about doing the right thing.  It’s about covering up the wrong thing.  It’s about protecting the rich and powerful at all costs and criminalizing and destroying those that dare to challenge them. With all the recent food fraud recently and the realization that there appears to actually be no such thing as “white tuna,” you might expect to see new regulations that ensure food safety and better practices within the production chain. Not so.  In fact, some states are moving in the complete opposite direction.  From Think Progress we learn about so called “ag-gag” bills:

As state legislatures begin their 2013 sessions, a flurry of new “ag gag” bills to protect factory farms from potential undercover whistleblowers have been introduced in 5 states. This week, the Indiana Senate is debating a proposal to criminalize taking photographs or videos inside an agricultural or industrial operation without permission.

Senate Bill 373 is the first of two ag gag bills introduced during Indiana’s 2013 session. New Hampshire, Nebraska, Wyoming and Arkansas are also considering them.

Since trespassing is already illegal, ag gag laws can only have one clear motive: to punish whistleblowers, advocates, and investigative reporters who use undercover recordings to reveal the abysmal conditions in which our food is produced. Undercover investigations have captured factory farms all over the country abusing livestock, passing off sick cattle as healthy, and discharging unregulated amounts of animal manure, which the US Geological Survey identified as the largest source of nitrogen pollution in the country.

Indeed, factory farms have largely escaped regulatory and legal scrutiny. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency abandoned an effort to require these operations to report even basic information like location, number of animals, and amount of manure discharged.  Meanwhile, the meat lobby’s grip on lawmakers is so powerful that the USDA was pressured into apologizing for an internal “Meatless Monday” last year by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who claimed the optional vegetarian day was a full-scale attack on agriculture.

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AMAZING. The USDA Has Partnered with the Mexican Government to Encourage Food Stamp Participation

As more and more information emerges about the food stamp program in the United States, the more absurd and downright disturbing the entire thing becomes.  I first posted on the topic in late June with the piece The Government is Encouraging More Food Stamp Usage, Calling it “Stimulus”.  I thought this was ridiculous enough, but only … Read more

The Government is Encouraging Non-Citizens to Enroll for Food Stamps

The government is using Spanish soap operas to encourage non-citizens into the food stamp program.  We are desperately trying to hang on to America’s top ranking in food stamps, ponzi schemes and prisons.  Your government at work! Key Quotes: The government has been targeting Spanish speakers with radio “novelas” promoting food stamp usage as part … Read more

The Government is Encouraging More Food Stamp Usage, Calling it “Stimulus”

We have hit a new low ladies and gentleman.  Our very own Department of Agriculture is actively trying to push more and more people into the food stamp program, or SNAP.  The reason?  They think it is an economic stimulus!  Only Paul Krugman could be proud of such a stupidity.  From the USDA’s website: The … Read more