Corporate pork farming's impact on family farmers

On Thursday, July 14, the NPR show "Day to Day" looked at the impact of corporate pig farming on family farmers. The segment told us that just seven years ago small farms made up a third of the pork industry and now they account for just one percent. It is a strong piece, about 4 minutes long, which you can listen to on line at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4754127
Unfortunately it doe not address the impact of factory farming on the pigs. Those who are not familiar with the cruelty issues should check out http://www.factoryfarming.com, particularly the photo gallery.

Please thank Day to Day for covering the issue, so that the producers learn that these issues are of interest to their audience, but please take a line or two in your email to mention the suffering of the animals.

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I send thanks to Meredith MacCracken for making sure we knew about the piece.


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