I'd really appreciate it we stopped calling these Confined Animal Feeding Operations "family farms". This one houses 6,220 hogs. Also, the jobs you can expect in industrial livestock production ARE very dangerous. Yet we have children working there.

Can’t call that foul then. Can’t call that foul ever. Can’t call that a foul, period. What. The. Hell. Was. That?

Just had a student reference "the late 1900s" in a paper. And now I turn to dust and fadeaway into time.

For the first time, Grist will launch a community reporting fellowship to train people on journalism principles and news reporting skills so they can help meet their communities’ information needs. grist.org/updates/grist-…

Friends who love & care about Rose Metal Press & our 18 years' worth of books and authors! We need your help in the wake of the abrupt & irresponsible closure of our distributor Small Press Distribution! gofundme.com/f/help-rose-me…

A few albums my creative writing students at BSU would choose as their one deserted-island album: "Can't buy a thrill" by Steely Dan "Mellon Collie..." by Smashing Pumpkins "Sgt Pepper's..." by the Beatles The kids are all right.

Congrats!

Unsettling but I think we all feel/know this already.

This story is 🍌🍌. A lab authorized by USDA to test milk for bird flu “insisted on calling each of the 4 farms first for permission, though the […] agency doesn't require permission from farms”. Farms say no, lab doesn’t test. Farmers’ feefees first! npr.org/2024/05/15/125…

#WorldOceanDay reminder that’s it’s one BIG ocean. It connects us all — another way our fates are intertwined.

Drake They get really defensive when you point out the empty calories, 60+% of the US diet comes from ultra processed foods, there are 100 million pre diabetics in US, and it does start with subsidized planting decisions to feed Big Ag’s insatiable demand for “cheap” food.

My back of the envelope calculation is about 75 times more miles per acre. About 10,000 miles per acre with ethanol and internal combustion engine per year. About 750,000 miles per acre with solar and electric vehicle per year. Both highly subsidized guaranteed market.

I think SHAQ should buy Steak 'n Shake and call it Steak n Shaq. Their milk shakes aren’t even good anymore. Could used turned around.

Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later: *45% secured housing *Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters *People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation *Mental health

maps.apple.com/?ll=40.355367,… I am going to open up a live harvest demonstration for the public from 4pm - dark here at our farm between Gaston and Matthews, IN (pin above) I made a pathway for semi trucks that will provide parking for 100's a trucks if needed. Bring yourself and

BREAKING: in a 9-0 decision, the black-robed Supreme Injustices of Mordor have ruled that the Dark Lord has immunity for official acts undertaken while wielding the One ring to rule them all.

Here’s to the families covered in mosquito and chigger bites. Grass-stained and sun-bleached. It’s best for our insides to be outside. The cost of anti-itch cream is a small price to pay.

This story about a conflict between a small farmer and an animal sanctuary is wild (link in comments): “…the case of the wandering cows has inspired death threats…rowdy protests and Joaquin Phoenix, stolen chickens… and a court battle featuring a rotating cast of lawyers…”

Who am I donating to? Where am I giving?

Everyone should at least attend slaughter once. They may eat less meat but they would respect it more. Our society takes it for granted that meat ends up in the store in plastic wrap. We have visitors to our kill floor all the time!