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Global Warming 101 (7:43)
March 30, 2008

Fantasy vs. Reality  (6:34)
February 6, 2008

You’ve seen those pleasant photos of cows frolicking in a green pasture surrounded by shade trees, pigs wallowing in cool mud, a rooster crowing on a rail fence, or salmon jumping in a pristine stream. While such pastoral scenes are depicted on packages, cartons and labels of meat, milk, and eggs, unfortunately those are completely bogus…just so much hype by multi-national corporations posing as “family farmers”. Read entire script...

Repetition of a Lie (8:17)
December 19, 2007

Fresh country air? Well, no. Not since concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) have been popping up like fetid mushrooms all over my state - the state of Missouri – and in many other states across the country. Instead of mowed fields, freshly-turned earth and the pleasant smell of cows on a pasture resulting in sighs of contentment, all too often the odiferous country air stimulates gagging and retching. Read entire script...

Feeding at the public trough  (6:34)
November 21, 2007

This is Ken Midkiff – supporting family farmers, opposing corporate agribusiness. I call this piece: Feeding at the public trough.

It seems that some folks just don’t get it.

It is NOT necessary to confine chickens, hogs or cows by the thousands or millions in order to provide milk, meat, and eggs to meet the current demand. Read entire script...