Archive for July 18th, 2011

The Meatrix: Learn More About Where Your Animal Protein Comes From


Do you know where your protein comes from?

Here is a great site here on animals in factory farms: The Meatrix. Here is an excerpt:

The Meatrix Series:
Produced by Sustainable Table and Free Range Studios, The Meatrix, The Meatrix II: Revolting, and The Meatrix II 1/2 expose the dirty truth behind today’s industrial meat and dairy production. The movies use action and humor to educate audiences, while the website offers alternatives to the problems with industrial agriculture. Join our heroes Moopheus, Leo and Chickity as they confront industrial agriculture and help them save small family farms!

Oak Park Legalizes Beekeeping


Home to Roost has a mention in this article!

“At the June 20 Oak Park Village Board Meeting, the board voted 6-1 to lift the village’s longstanding ban on beekeeping.

KC Poulos, Sustainability Manager for the Village, said village staff will now draft a beekeeping ordinance…”

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