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A federal judge has ruled that Utah's ban on secretly filming farm and slaughterhouse operations is unconstitutional:
[U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby] rejected the state's defense of the law, saying Utah had failed to show the ban was intended to ensure the safety of animals and farm workers from disease or injury.
In his ruling, Shelby noted that one of the bill's sponsors in the state legislature, Rep. John Mathis, said the ban was a response to "a trend nationally of some propaganda groups ... with a stated objective of undoing animal agriculture in the United States." The judge noted that another sponsor, Sen. David Hinkins said it targeted "vegetarian people that [are] trying to kill the animal industry."
Ag-gag is a term used to describe a class of anti-whistleblower laws that apply within the agriculture industry.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @04:14AM (1 child)
I have a farm that cannot be plowed or the top soil washes away. The vegetation is basically wild and is very diverse. There's very little of it that's fit for human consumption. My goats do a great job of converting those oak leaves, thistle, juniper needles, prickly ash, etc. into some of the tastiest burgers you'll ever have. Meat has its place.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @06:17AM
Another farmer here: yup. I don't have the same topsoil problem, but I practice integrated farming, with animals and plants on the same land.
I get more than one product - crops, meat, hide, and more. Can't do that with all-plant farming.
Also, all the trophic cascade nuts failed agronomy, or they'd know that efficiency relies upon a balanced diet that isn't feasible with plant-only agriculture, for the world's population.
But oh, well. Sucks to be that blind.