In animal agriculture, this attitude. United Poultry Concerns Machipongo, VA, USA United Poultry Concerns is a 501(c)(3) national non-profit organization that addresses the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment, and human companionship. Please type "subscribe" in the subject line and include your first and. We empower individuals to connect to their deepest values and. Profits, not humane considerations, guides industry practice and. We promote a...

Then she started a petition, spending her recess time gathering about 120 signatures from students, teachers and parents, and presented them to Davis. The problems start with the pizza: "either really cold, or the cheese would be hard, or there would be like a puddle of grease sitting on top. A Smithfield student put down her fork in disgust and picked up a pen. Search dailypress.com Web enhanced by Login or register Subscribe Today! Classifieds Jobs. The tuna sandwiches: "little strips of...

Shankar sees it, if you can pay your bills or find the love of your life online, you should at least be able to use the Internet to turn on your air conditioner. The system monitors energy use every five seconds and allows users to go online or on their cell phones to monitor and adjust their key energy hog systems from air conditioners to pool pumps to refrigerators. Shankar, the president of American Grid inc., was in Palm Desert earlier this week conducting the initial home surveys for...

The chairman of a Canada-based committee working to attract new slaughter capacity in the province of Saskatchewan said upping hog slaughter capacity is crucial in quelling local hog producers concerns over U. packing plants, averse to paying additional costs associated with multiple labels, will reject their animals, Canadian Meat Business magazine reported. And the long-term solution, he said, will be increased Canadian slaughter capacity, though that wouldn't happen before September...

Homeland Security, which wants to build the 520,000-square-foot laboratory, is beginning detailed environmental impact assessments on those five sites. The project will include a high-security biosafety level 4 laboratory, where scientists will work in spacesuits to protect themselves from potentially deadly pathogens. The agency says those studies will take about a year and that the decision on where to build the lab will be made in late 2008. Scientists will be charged with understanding...

With more than two billion airline passengers travelling each year, there is a high risk of a major epidemic of diseases such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), AIDS or Ebola fever. Since 1967, at least 39 new diseases have been identified and in the last five years WHO has identified more than 1,100 epidemics including bird flu, cholera and polio. By doing so, they are incubating diseases while coming into contact with other passengers on an aeroplane and with hundreds of others...

Tyson Foods reduces beef processing level By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports 9/8/2007 Tyson Foods inc., the nation's largest meat processor, said Friday it will cut back beef production this weekend and early next week because of "unfavorable market conditions. Tyson Foods reduces beef processing level By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports 9/8/2007 Tyson Foods inc., the nation's largest meat processor, said Friday it will cut back beef production this weekend and early next week because of...

US chocolate maker Hershey has lowered earnings projections because of higher milk costs, and corn flakes producer Kellogg's has raised the price of cereal. Corn is used not only as feed for chickens, hogs and cattle, it is also used to make high-fructose corn syrup found in products such as cookies and soft drinks. In Mexico the result of higher prices for corn has been dramatic: corn tortillas, a staple of the Mexican diet for 50 million low-income people, suddenly cost double....

Although Smithfield is one of the bestknown brands headquartered in the state, the company has garnered negative publicity in recent years. According to the union, those included assault, intimidation, threats, illegal firings and the use of racial epithets. The company was also involved in a state political flap during the administration of former Gov. We expect that everyone will behave themselves and that they will exercise their right of free speech. Neither religious leader is...