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[Shortpoet-GTD]

Big ag has decimated the notion of freedom of the press.

Looking for transparency and facts on factory farms? Keep looking because it's becoming
impossible.

"The legislation carries a sentence of up to a year in prison and a $5,000 fine for people
who secretly enter and record agricultural operations.
Idaho now joins Iowa, Utah and Missouri as the fourth state to have a bill making
it illegal to film on farms."
http://america.aljaz...illintolaw.html

(Bill Maher also interviewed a guest on last nights show; Christopher Leonard whose
book "The Meat Racket" speaks to that very issue)

http://www.npr.org/b...e-a-meat-racket

The movie Food, Inc. also spoke to this issue of food giants and their secretive operations.
http://www.takepart.com/foodinc

Do we have any idea what they're doing-what chemicals are used-how the animals
are treated?
Not so much.
Food giants will continue to treat us like mushrooms, kept in the dark, covered in
manure; as long as we let them.