Another Bailout flying under the radar:
USDA bails out the National Pork Producer Council. The lobbying group asked Tom Vilsack, head of the USDA, to buy some more pork because the market has softened considerably as people cut back on meat and feed costs increase.
President of NPPC Don Butler: “We are extremely pleased with Secretary Vilsack’s decision to purchase more pork. It will help our industry bring supply and demand closer into balance and allow producers to continue to provide consumers with economical, nutritious pork.”
This just a few days after the airing of "Death on a Factory Farm" on HBO. This docementary, by an undercover animal rights investigator who goes by Pete, shed light on the actual events of a hog farm in Ohio. I am not going to get into details, but check it out if you are interested.
The meat purchased for federal programs is not even good stuff. It is usually the lowest quality and the NPPC even suggested what the gov't buy: cooked sausage patties, pork crumbles, trimmings, picnics (shoulders) and boneless picnic meat. pork crumbles---wtf?????
hhmmmm does anyone remember the huge meat recall bankrupting the biggest beef producer in the US last year?? Well the meat was sent to schools and institutions throught the same gov't channels and lead to deaths and illness.
Plus eating less meat = less pigs die/suffer = lessser carbon footprint by factory farms = healthier America. We have got to stop supporting factory farms as an American industry; bring back family farms!
This pisses me off more than AIG bonuses...
USDA bails out the National Pork Producer Council. The lobbying group asked Tom Vilsack, head of the USDA, to buy some more pork because the market has softened considerably as people cut back on meat and feed costs increase.
President of NPPC Don Butler: “We are extremely pleased with Secretary Vilsack’s decision to purchase more pork. It will help our industry bring supply and demand closer into balance and allow producers to continue to provide consumers with economical, nutritious pork.”
This just a few days after the airing of "Death on a Factory Farm" on HBO. This docementary, by an undercover animal rights investigator who goes by Pete, shed light on the actual events of a hog farm in Ohio. I am not going to get into details, but check it out if you are interested.
The meat purchased for federal programs is not even good stuff. It is usually the lowest quality and the NPPC even suggested what the gov't buy: cooked sausage patties, pork crumbles, trimmings, picnics (shoulders) and boneless picnic meat. pork crumbles---wtf?????
hhmmmm does anyone remember the huge meat recall bankrupting the biggest beef producer in the US last year?? Well the meat was sent to schools and institutions throught the same gov't channels and lead to deaths and illness.
Plus eating less meat = less pigs die/suffer = lessser carbon footprint by factory farms = healthier America. We have got to stop supporting factory farms as an American industry; bring back family farms!
This pisses me off more than AIG bonuses...
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