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	<title>Health Spectator &#187; farming/food manufacture</title>
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		<title>Chinese pigs contaminated with clenbuterol</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/22/chinese-pigs-contaminated-with-clenbuterol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of us think of pigs as being fat; indeed, in our culture the word &#8220;pig&#8221; is synonymous with overeating and overweight. However, in recent years leanness has become a prized porcine property.
For about fifteen years, the world&#8217;s largest pork producer, Smithfield Foods, has been marketing lean pork as a healthier alternative. Indeed, the pork [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Food</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/09/09/the-future-of-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This excellent video combines many of the themes we have discussed here at Health Spectator. We have warned about the dangers of genetic modification (The allure of genetic modification) and extolled the virtues of organic and locally grown foods.
All in all, the movie gives excellent coverage of the range of issues (political, economic, social and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How hog farming has changed North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/20/how-hog-farming-has-changed-north-carolina/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/20/how-hog-farming-has-changed-north-carolina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[factory farming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you are waiting to read our exposé on factory farming and swine flu (which should finish final editing in the next 24 hours) you can watch this video from the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production.
As we hope to show in greater detail over coming weeks,  the trend in agriculture toward large farms has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chile confirms swine flu in birds</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/21/chile-confirms-swine-flu-in-birds/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/21/chile-confirms-swine-flu-in-birds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Turkeys in Chile have been infected with the H1N1 pandemic swine flu, news services have confirmed. The good news is that the effects on the turkeys are mild; they will be processed as usual for their meat and should be safe to eat.
But the spread of swine flu to birds is a step we have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Animal Identification System (NAIS)</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/07/18/national-animal-identification-system-nais/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/07/18/national-animal-identification-system-nais/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interview with Linda Faillace, author of Mad Sheep


The National Animal Identification System is another of those government ideas that sounds so right on the surface but goes so wrong in the implementation details. Basically, it is a nationwide registration system for animals and the sites where they are kept. It has been causing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAIS discussion with Paul Griepentrog on blogtalkradio</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/07/24/nais-discussion-with-paul-griepentrog-on-john-wallaces-blogtalkradio/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/07/24/nais-discussion-with-paul-griepentrog-on-john-wallaces-blogtalkradio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be an Internet radio show those of you interested in the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) will want to listen to today at 1 pm EDT. (Interestingly, the local time zone is not posted, but it&#8217;s at 5 pm UTC. So check my math: that&#8217;s 1 pm EDT and you can take it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Factory farming is key to swine flu epidemic</title>
		<link>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/21/factory-farming-is-key-to-swine-flu-epidemic/</link>
		<comments>http://healthspectator.com/2009/08/21/factory-farming-is-key-to-swine-flu-epidemic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Suydam</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://healthspectator.com/?p=1569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Certainly the worst fear of all concerned is that the H1N1 virus could mutate into something resembling one of the current strains of avian flu such as H5N1, which has killed 50-60% of the humans it infected. ]]></description>
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