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Headline Tag: Animation Rating: Amazing Hits: 1047 Comments: 3 MAN MAN Man's relationship with the natural world. By Steve Cutts. Music: "In the Hall of the Mountain King" by Edvard Grieg User: kooolcat Dec 22, 2012 5:55 PM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 719 Comments: 2 Martha Stewart on Factory Farming Martha Stewart on Factory Farming During our 25th Anniversary year, Martha Stewart included President and Co-Founder Gene Baur on her Vegan Show. She also recorded this powerful message about the cruelty of factory farming. Dec 5, 2012 8:49 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Music Rating: No Votes Hits: 108 Comments: 0 Symphony's Encore Symphony's Encore A natural disaster gives a shy bird a new lease on life. Her amazing resilience will linger with you like a tender melody long after the closing scene. Narrated by Allison Janney with an appearance by Susie Coston, Farm Sanctuary's National Shelter Director. Learn more: http://www.farmsanctuary.org Dec 5, 2012 8:46 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 281 Comments: 0 Peter Dinklage Leads the 2012 Walk for Farm Animals! Peter Dinklage Leads the 2012 Walk for Farm Animals! Peter Dinklage, star of the hit HBO show "Game of Thrones," explains why he is Farm Sanctuary's 2012 National Walk for Farm Animals Spokesperson, and he urges you to join a Walk today! Learn more at http://walkforfarmanimals.org Jun 7, 2012 9:56 PM
Headline Tag: Animals Rating: Amazing Hits: 774 Comments: 4 Shocking Animal Cruelty at Tyson Foods Supplier Shocking Animal Cruelty at Tyson Foods Supplier Warning: Contains Graphic Footage. Undercover video footage at "Wyoming Premium Farms" revealing egregious cruelty and filthy conditions at a Wyoming pig breeding facility owned by a supplier for Tyson Foods. May 15, 2012 6:54 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: No Votes Hits: 313 Comments: 0 Not In My Name Not In My Name Ten celebrities - including Paul McCartney, Joanna Lumley, Martin Shaw and Chrissie Hynde - speak from the heart to condemn factory farming. Contains powerful undercover footage. Brilliant for persuading cynics and doubters. "Not In My Name" is a great tool for teaching Sixth Forms about factory farming. Visit http://www.teachvegetarian.com/notinmyname for more information. Mar 29, 2012 11:58 AM
Permanent Tag: Animals Rating: Ok Hits: 509 Comments: 0 The Gentle Farm: Calves Run Free The Gentle Farm: Calves Run Free As a followup story to the "Calf Rescue at E6" film, the four baby cows are now completely healed and strong enough to enter the adult herd of cows at The Gentle Barn. A heart warming testament to the power of love and compassion. Dec 4, 2011 10:49 AM
Headline Tag: Animals Rating: Good Hits: 1017 Comments: 9 The Faces of Free-Range Farming The Faces of Free-Range Farming Nothing gross, just images of chickens from a free-range farm. The truth about "free-range", "cage-free" and "humane" eggs, dairy and meat. From Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary. Oct 10, 2011 10:33 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 1477 Comments: 15 Rigged Research Rigged Research Corporate scientists at Monsanto want you to believe that GM foods are safe. User: spam_vigilante Jul 9, 2011 3:09 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 3071 Comments: 7 Simpsons: Meat and You, Partners in Freedom Simpsons: Meat and You, Partners in Freedom Let Troy McClure explain you, why it's important to eat meat and where does your meat come from. From the Simpsons featuring Phil Hartman as Troy McClure. Oct 25, 2010 12:18 PM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 2711 Comments: 4 Christopher Hitchens on Why Heaven Hates Ham Christopher Hitchens on Why Heaven Hates Ham Read by Christopher Hitchens from his book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything". Three oinks for perspective... User: Griff Oct 23, 2010 6:46 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 524 Comments: 0 Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Solved Bee Colony Collapse Disorder, Solved Colony Collapse Disorder solved. Well, I guess it's been solved all along. The organic people experienced little, if any coony collapse disorder. Jacqueline Freeman is the author of an upcoming book "Bees, the OTHER Way". She points out the different strategies that conventional bee keepers might try to save their hives from colony collapse disorder. Throughout the video I count off the first twelve. There are several more points that ended up on the editing room floor. For that stuff, make sure to visit the discussion at http://www.permies.com/permaculture-forums/5155_0/critter-care/bees-and-colony-collapse-disorder 12 things to prevent colony collapse disorder: #1 general approach: use organic practices #2 general approach: strengthen bee immune system instead of "attack and kill" what nature uses to remove weak bees #3 don't use insecticide (for mite control or any other insect problem) inside of hives - bees are insects! #4 allow bees to create their own cell size (typically smaller) - no more pre-made foundation or cells #5 genetics based on "survival of the fittest" is superior to genetics resulting from mass production where the weak are medicated #6 swarming is the natural way to good genetics #7 local bees have adapted to challenges in your area #8 stop moving hives #9 feed bees honey, not sugar water #10 feed bees polyculture blossoms, not monoculture #11 stop using insecticides on crops - bees are insects! #12 raise hives off the ground Don't feed bees honey that you find in the supermarket. The USDA has shared information with Jacqueline that "the honey that was at the supermarkets had spore in it for some of the diseases that can get passed around." Migratory beekeepers moves hives all over. An example would be to move them from the orange blossom flows in florida to the almond blossoms in california and up to the blueberries in minesota. A quick solution for farms needing pollination: plant lots of other things in the area so you can keep bees in one spot all year. Conventional bee keepers use insecticides to kill mites on the bees. The bees are insects too. So the challenge then becomes how to apply the insecticide so that you kill a lot of the mites while killing only a few of the bees. Unfortunately, the bees that live are now much weaker. Conventional bee keepers use plastic frames with cells pre-made, or foundation with the cells already started. These cells are slightly larger than what the bees normally would build for themselves. The idea is that a bigger bee can haul more honey. Unfortunately, a side effect is that the bee gestation is now a little longer. And that longer gestation facilitates mites. If you are doing just three or four things from this list, the bees can usually cope with that. But when you do six or more, you should expect colony collapse disorder. In 2010 the rate of hives lost to colony collapse disorder is about 40% per year, every year. In the video, I interviewed Lance Sundberg of Sunshine Apiary and Bob Barnes of Beaverhead Honey Company. Both of these guys were really great. You can really tell that Lance is a pro at getting interviewed (CBS with Katie Couric, New Yor Times, National Public Radio). I hope that they soon shake off their problems with colony collapse disorder. I really like Lance's story of getting started in the eighth grade with a hive from sears. Per Lance: "Montana ranks fifth in honey production." "The almond industry in california is who really runs the bee business in the united states, more so than even the honey production anymore. 1.6 million colonies are just for that one crop. 60% of all bees in the united states go to do that one pollination." "Will agriculture anymore, compared to 30 years ago, monoculture style beekeeping is way more prevalent now than it was back then." "We used to medicate once a year for varroa mites and now it seems like we have to do it more like three times a year." Lance mentions a product for controlling mites that he says "are the most common ones still used and they're not legal." Photo credits: Vitalia Baranyai (luscius honey comb at 1:05 and 9:01) USDA (mites 1:53 1:59 2:05 2:34 2:38 comb size 2:43) Brendhan Horne (plastic frames 2:17 2:21 sugar water 8:57 plastic foundation 2:24) Jacqueline Freeman (swarm 3:03) Holly Wolfe (swarm 3:31 3:45) Marisha Auerbach (truck 4:06) Music by Jimmy Pardo http://www.permies.com Oct 18, 2010 10:04 AM
Headline Tag: Animals Rating: Amazing Hits: 1666 Comments: 20 Scrambled Eggs: Corporate Organic Eggs Scrambled Eggs: Corporate Organic Eggs Separating factory farm egg production from authentic organic agriculture. A scary report of corporate takeover and fraud by The Cornucopia Institute. User: spam_vigilante Oct 13, 2010 6:31 PM
 
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