As factory farming has taken over livestock production in the U.S., some small farmers are bucking the trend, vowing to maintain their family tradition of raising livestock humanely and healthfully.
These farmers are producing organic milk and grass-fed meats that they and many consumers believe are healthier for human consumption.
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The Rocky Mountain gray wolves are back on the Endangered Species List after a federal judge ruled last week that the government did not follow the law in removing the wolves from federal protections last year. The new ruling means that the wolf hunts in Montana and Idaho that claimed 260 wolves during the 2009-2010 hunting season will not resume this fall.
Tags: · Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustic, endangered American wolves, Endangered Species Act, Humane Society of the United States, NRDC, Rocky Mountain gray wolves, Sierra Club, wildlife advocates, Wolf hunting, wolf recovery plan, Wolves
By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now
A robin may be the mascot for the Red Robin restaurant chain, but chickens are the birds getting a big break from the company.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has more than 300 company-owned restaurants, and they are swiftly moving away from the use of eggs produced by hens that live in torturous conditions at factory farms across the country.
Photo: Humane Society of the United States
Right now, about one-third of the eggs in the Red Robin supply chain are “cage-free,” and they intend to have 100 percent of the eggs they serve come from cage-free hens by 2010, the company says.
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