Sunday Links, January 27th

Yeah, we heard: CAFO bill dead this session (Pal-Item). Senator Phil Pflum reminds us that a state commission directed by Lt. Gov Becky Skillman also was looking at CAFO regulations and planned to issue a report in December. . . .

The First Responsible Pork Symposium will be held in Indy on February 5th through the 7th covering issues including “Ethics in today’s modern pork production industry” and “Moving from being a target to being in charge.” Go to www.responsiblepork.com for the details.

On the subject of upcoming meetings, the The Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production is meeting this Wednesday in DC for a congressional briefing on the issue of antibiotic resistance and its connection to animal agriculture., including the issue “Why farm animals are given an estimated 24.6 million pounds (8 times more than humans) of antibiotics and other antimicrobials annually” and “What commonly known antibiotics and antimicrobials are becoming ineffective.” Fun stuff. The full Pew report is set to be issued on April 29, 2008.

On the lighter side, it’s nice to know that kids like these are still in the gene pool: Boys bleed after sticking tongues to flagpole

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