After months of deliberation, it looks like the 2018 Farm Bill will finally receive a vote in Congress and arrive on the President’s desk by the end of the week. The bigger news, however, is that the King Amendment is dead. The final version of the Farm Bill will not include that dangerous provision, which would have rolled back state …
At least 246 people have gotten sick between August and October due to salmonella linked to JBS Tolleson beef. After 3,500 tons were recalled in October, the US Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service linked at least three recent patients to the company’s beef, prompting another 2,500 tons to be recalled. The beef has been sold at over …
As meat industry sales go down, the United States is experiencing a huge surplus of animal products sold as food. Currently supplies of chicken, beef, pork, turkey, and milk far outweigh demand. And yet, even with an excess of chicken in cold storage, the USDA is granting waivers for chicken slaughterhouses to increase line speeds and kill even more birds …
Nine elite vegan athletes are rallying together for a dairy-free BOCA brand through a powerful letter fired off to parent company Kraft Heinz on behalf of Switch4Good and Animal Outlook. BOCA was once a household name in the veggie burger market–but as it clings to cruel, unhealthy dairy ingredients in many of its products, it’sfalling behind all-vegan competitors like Gardein …
VegNews reports that recent research by Edinburg University for The Guardian revealed that about one in every six pints of milk is wasted. This amounts to a whopping 128 million tons of waste annually! This waste of milk products is happening throughout production, during delivery, and at the hands of retail and consumers. But what’s truly baffling is that even …
Firehouse Subs prides itself on the life-saving equipment it provides first responders, and there’s no doubt this chain is big on doing good. But what about providing a sub that is healthier for its consumers, better for the environment, and spares the suffering of animals? By omitting resource-intensive animal-based ingredients, a vegan sandwich could help Firehouse Subs achieve a much …
People go vegan for many reasons, from saving animals, to protecting their health, to safeguarding the environment. While Compassion Over Killing works to protect farmed animals and empower vegan eating, we realize that our work intersects with all kinds of other issues. And we believe that choosing a more compassionate lifestyle can have positive effects in many ways! So even …
Compassion Over Killing is celebrating November as a Month of Compassion and Gratitude! In the spirit of Thanksgiving and in honor of #GivingTuesday on November 27. we’re raising support to strengthen our life-saving work for animals while also giving back to causes that are important to each of us, and to us as a team. With your help, the COK …
In July, the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a salmonella outbreak linked to raw turkey products. Yet as we approach Thanksgiving, people are continuing to get sick from eating contaminated turkey, resulting in Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC recalling 91,388 lbs of raw turkey. Alarmingly, the USDA states it has been unable to pinpoint the exact source of …