{"id":1160,"date":"2018-01-23T11:03:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/food-faith\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2021-01-29T17:08:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:08:09","slug":"factoryfarms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2018\/01\/23\/factoryfarms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Big Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"chicken\"The PC(USA) passed a resolution in 2016 on Factory Farms (see webpage here<\/a>) with three major concerns:<\/p>\n

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  1. Humane treatment of animals;<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Environmental concerns about\u00a0animal agriculture, including the concerns of \u2018fence line\u2019 communities located near factory farms);<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Support for farmworkers and processing plant workers, people of color farmers, and family farmers and ranchers<\/span><\/span>\u00a0.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The following webinar from one of our strategic partners, IATP, will address these social and ecological issues, along with related issues. Learn more by joining this webinar next Tuesday!<\/p>\n

    The Rise of Big Meat: Corporate Crimes and Campaigns to Stop Them<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

    January 30, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

    9:00 CST \/ 10:00 EST \/ 16:00 CET<\/span><\/p>\n

    Register now.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    IATP<\/a><\/span>, the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation (HBF)<\/span><\/a> and FASE released a report at the end of 2017<\/span><\/a> examining the social and environmental impacts of transnational corporations (TNCs) present in Brazil and their role in shaping the global meat complex. The report finds that:<\/span><\/p>\n