On today’s show we’ll be covering a few news stories, leading with an article from Mendocino County and its controversial contract with Wildlife Services, the USDA rogue agency, followed by a story on the effort to stop the slaughter of downed pigs, the new deal between food service giant Sodexo and plant based everything giant Just Foods, and ending with the eloquent best actor acceptance speech by Joaquin Phoenix.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Farmers today keep themselves in ignorance of the needs and true nature of pigs precisely because to know would put their conscience in a terrible bind. Wilful ignorance of this kind is no better than complicity.”
― Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals
LINKS:
Two wildlife organizations file lawsuit against Mendocino County for USDA Wildlife Services contact
By Curtis Driscoll
February 10, 2020
LINK: https://www.willitsnews.com/2020/02/10/two-wildlife-organizations-file-lawsuit-against-mendocino-county-for-usda-wildlife-services-contact-2/
Mendocino County suspends predator control program to settle lawsuit
By Glenda Anderson
April 27, 2016
LINK: https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/5551534-181/mendocino-county-suspends-predator-control?sba=AAS
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Downed pigs are turned into pork products. A new lawsuit seeks to stop that.
By Kimberly Kindy
February 6, 2020
LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/downed-pigs-are-turned-into-pork-products-a-new-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-that/2020/02/06/3f8302ea-46c8-11ea-bc78-8a18f7afcee7_story.html?
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Scrambled eggs made out of beans: A surprisingly good idea - Sodexo’s deal with Just is an important milestone for eggless eggs.
By Kelsey Piper
February 6, 2020
LINK: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/6/21126419/eggs-just-sodexo-plant-based-protein?
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Joaquin Phoenix’s Vegan Oscars Speech Will Go Down In History
By Anna Starostinetskaya
February 10, 2020
LINK: https://vegnews.com/2020/2/joaquin-phoenixs-vegan-oscars-speech-will-go-down-in-history
YouTube video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87zXvSCmSYk
Airdate: 02/12/2020 / Episode 20-07
