Big Ag-Funded Congressmen Compare Investigations Of Animal Abuse To Terrorism
Late last week, three California House Republicans — Reps. David Nunes, Kevin McCarthy, and Jeff Denham — allied to the industry sent a letter to the Department of Agriculture asking it to take action against animal welfare groups and their “onslaught” of undercover investigations at factory farms.
In a blog post about the letter, Nunes used shrill rhetoric to describe these investigations. First bringing up actual acts of terrorism — the incidence of a fringe group blowing up farm trucks — Nunes then says that his district is now facing “economic terrorism” because of the investigations by animal welfare groups.
Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/big-ag-funded-congressmen-compare-investigations-of-animal-abuse-to-terrorism/
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And the trend towards more vegetarian and organic diet is a good trend. The problem is, we can't expect and demand (and blame game) everybody to change their dietary habits overnight, when the problem is mostly structural and political and cultural.
What can you contribute to change, in addition to your words and opinions? Have you done something to increase the supply and availability of organic vegetarian food to ordinary people? If you have, please share your experience so that others may benefit. 
"I bet it's Deven Nunes of Fresno."
