When I first began covering food security a few years ago, people casting doubt on industrial farming practices were often dismissed as reactionary luddites over- romanticizing the production of food. The latest pet food scare indicates consumers have every reason to be concerned. In non-technical terms, the presence of industrial agro chemicals, like melamine found in hogs, ought to make them shit a brick right about now ( Sac Bee)
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Tumor Causing Melamine found in California Hogs
Category: California • Food&Drink • Health
Posted on: April 20, 2007 2:02 PM, by EJGili
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