Tag Archives: CAFO

Bonus Episode: Bird Flu and Sick Cows

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I’m your host, Jon Moore

Decarbonise the Air, Recarbonise the Soil!

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On March 16, cows on a Texas dairy farm began showing symptoms of a mysterious illness now known to be H5N1 bird flu. Their symptoms were nondescript, but their milk production dramatically dropped and turned thick and creamy yellow. The next day, cats on the farm that had consumed some of the raw milk from the sick cows also became ill. While the cows would go on to largely recover, the cats weren’t so lucky. They developed depressed mental states, stiff body movements, loss of coordination, circling, copious discharge from their eyes and noses, and blindness. By March 20, over half of the farm’s 24 or so cats died from the flu.

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Episode 157. The Horrors of CAFOs Plus GHGs ~ Regen ag fixes all that!

This is the World Organic News for the week ending the 25th of February 2019.

Jon Moore reporting!

Decarbonise the air, recarbonise the soil!

Just a quick note to let you know one our neighbours is weaning calves at present and they are incredibly loud. If some of that seeps into the I do apologise in advance.

We begin this week with a piece entitled: How Factory Farming Contributes to Global Warming from Ecowatch

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When you add it all up, the picture is clear—contemporary agriculture is burning up our planet. And factory farms or, in industry lingo, Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), play a key role in this impending disaster.

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And then the piece talks about fossil fuel extraction and use, then: Continue reading →