The Independent (UK): Veal is back in favor in England. This insightful article contrasts modern calf-raising techniques — the horrid 2×4-foot dark crates, too small for the calves to lie down or even turn around in — versus the new, more human methods being touted by organic producers. And then there’s that thorny issue over the ethics of eating baby animals.
San Francisco Chronicle: Man lives to 112 despite junk-food diet comprising mostly sausages and waffles. [DQ: I wonder if those were nitrate-free sausages?]
Austin-American Statesman*: Texas has had a protracted drought since April, 2005. It’s considered a “green drought” because if you’re not a farmer, you really don’t realize how much it sucks. As long as residents have water, they don’t see the livestock loss and compromised harvest as being a crisis.
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