Mark Bittman explains why more visibility within the meat industry is necessary by describing what hides behind factory farm walls. Despite the horror, Americans shouldn't be shielded from it, specifically with ag-gag laws like the one Iowa recently failed to pass.
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July 5, 2011
By Mark Bittman
"Iowa’s ag-gag law failed to pass before summer recess last week: a good thing. The ridiculous proposition, which died along with similar ones in Minnesota, Florida and New York, would have made it illegal to videotape or photograph in the agricultural facilities that house almost all of our chickens and pigs. Sadly, a lack of idiocy is not the same thing as a presence of wisdom, and the demise of ag-gag won’t give us a clearer view of food production. We need more visibility, not less..."
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/banned-from-the-barn/
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