Go to any Whole Foods and you will see a variety of terminology describing a “new way” of raising farmed animals: local, organic, sustainable, free-range, etc.
“Sustainable” Animal Products: Greenwashing Our Food by Hope Bohanec
I love having conversations about chickens. Luckily, I get to chat about chickens quite often though my work as an animal advocate, but my joy can turn quickly to frustration as I am often get asked which eggs are ethical to eat.
Advocates fighting for farmed animals should be proud as we have come a long way in educating the public about the horrors of animal agriculture. Much of this progress is the result of the strategic denouncement expressed by the powerful term, factory farming.
I live in ag country. When you drive around Sonoma County, especially getting out of any city just by a couple of miles, there are signs of animal agriculture everywhere.
On the Saturday before Easter I got a call from a friend who was worried about an injured rooster in the Walgreens parking lot about five minutes from my house.