Yeah, factory farms are a bit gruesome and nasty.
Want to add yourselves on this continuum from Erica to James Mickens:
   http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/improvetheworld

--- \/	 FROM Erica O'Connor AT 06.09.23 13:17 (Today)	 \/ ---

> cows fattened on feedlot grain.  The New York Times
> article is short and describes the broader threat
> posed to human health and the environment by
> industrial farming practices.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/opinion/21planck.html
> So, who's up for a boycott of feedlot beef/dairy?  The
> alternatives are grass fed animals (organic doesn't
> necessarily count) or a diet which avoids these animal
> products.  Maybe Daniel will institute one of his
> famous polls for this issue.	:-)
> -Erica

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