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thesquanderer

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2. No surprise...

Reply to Freddie Stubbs (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 09:59 AM

Jul 2012

...that the government's recommendations about what we should eat for best health and how we should behave for best environmental impact are going to be heavily influenced by what's good for various industries.

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USDA retracts 'Meatless Monday' plug [View all] Freddie Stubbs Jul 2012 OP

and of coarse they own half of the politicians april Jul 2012 #1

No surprise... thesquanderer Jul 2012 #2

The cattle growers... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #3

Does bacon count? bayareaboy Jul 2012 #4

God damn... Grow some balls! docgee Jul 2012 #5

USDA Opposed "Victory Gardens" at the start of WWII happyslug Jul 2012 #6

Isn't that the same group that sued Oprah? sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #7

That's what I was thinking. Iggo Jul 2012 #8

it's why nothing gets done. everytime someone has proof that product "A" is harmful to us leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #9

"slap in the face" drm604 Jul 2012 #10

Can the phrase "slap in the face" be declared off limits? starroute Jul 2012 #11

And the corn farmers laugh 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #14

before I even read the article, I thought to myself, Javaman Jul 2012 #12

The Cattlemen's Beef Association... StateApparatus Jul 2012 #13

They must have hated the pre-Vaitcan II Catholic Church FrodosPet Jul 2012 #15

Thank goodness Missycim Jul 2012 #16

Meatless Monday is the start of a very slippery slope. slackmaster Jul 2012 #17