President Elect Barack Obama is expected to name his selection for the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) soon. This appointment could profoundly impact billions of animals exploited for food, and affect the health and well being of our citizenry. We need a USDA Secretary who will challenge the status quo. Our food system is broken and change is needed.
On today’s factory farms, animals are treated like unfeeling commodities, subjected to intolerable abuse. And consumers are fed meat from diseased animals tainted with pathogens. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Rather than supporting industrialized animal agriculture, our tax dollars should be used to promote more humane and sustainable practices. Instead of appointing a USDA Secretary who represents the interests of agribusiness profiteers, Obama should choose someone who supports a more just and healthful food system and who appreciates that all animals, including farm animals, deserve to be treated with respect and compassion.
Please let President Elect Obama know your thoughts about his pick for USDA Secretary.
On today’s factory farms, animals are treated like unfeeling commodities, subjected to intolerable abuse. And consumers are fed meat from diseased animals tainted with pathogens. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Rather than supporting industrialized animal agriculture, our tax dollars should be used to promote more humane and sustainable practices. Instead of appointing a USDA Secretary who represents the interests of agribusiness profiteers, Obama should choose someone who supports a more just and healthful food system and who appreciates that all animals, including farm animals, deserve to be treated with respect and compassion.
Please let President Elect Obama know your thoughts about his pick for USDA Secretary.
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