State livestock bill has sweeping implications

 
BY CYNTHIA ARMSTRONG
Published: March 2, 2009

When it comes to raising animals for food, there is a balancing of many compelling interests: food safety, environmental pollution, animal welfare and economics. But for too long in the state Capitol, industrial factory farms have fought to maintain their own special interests above those of Oklahomans.

In 2005 when Attorney General Drew Edmondson confronted poultry giants for their environmentally degrading practice...


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