The Meaty Truth (30 page)

32
“Calcium and Milk: What’s Best for Your Bone Health,”
Harvard School of Public Health,
2014,
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium-full-story/
.

33
“Calcium and Milk: What’s Best for Your Bone Health,”
Harvard School of Public Health,
2014,
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium-full-story/
.

34
Joseph Keon,
Whitewash: The Disturbing Truth About Cow’s Milk and Your Health
(Canada: New Society Publishers, 2010), 172.

35
“Calcium and Milk: What’s Best for Your Bone Health,”
Harvard School of Public Health,
2014,
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium-full-story/
.

Chapter Seven:

1
“USDA Celebrates 150 Years,”
United States Department of Agriculture,
15 April 2014,
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=USDA150
.

2
“Mission Statement,”
United States Department of Agriculture,
15 April 2014,
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=MISSION_STATEMENT
.

3
Michael Moss, “While Warning About Fat, US Pushes Cheese Sales,”
The New York Times,
6 November 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/us/07fat.html?pagewanted=all
.

4
Rod Leonard,
Losing Control of Food Safety
(Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007), 2.

5
Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin,
Skinny Bitch
(Running Press, 2006).

6
Thomas Burton and Martin Fackler, “Mad-Cow Testing on Trial: Should US Start to Screen Every Last Cow as in Japan? A Negligible Cost Increase,”
Wall Street Journal,
2 January 2004.

7
Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin,
Skinny Bastard: A Kick in the Ass for Real Men Who Want to Stop Being Fat and Start Getting Buff
(Pennsylvania: Running Press, 2009), 157.

8
Rod Leonard,
Losing Control of Food Safety
(Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007), 1.

9
“FrontLine Modern Meat: Interview Eric Schlosser,”
PBS,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/interviews/schlosser.html
, 4 February 2014.

10
Elisa Odabashian, “Testimony to the California Legislature on Mad Cow Disease,”
Consumers Union,
24 February 2004.

11
Rod Leonard,
Losing Control of Food Safety
(Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2007), 1.

12
FoxNews “California Company Recalls 87 Million Pounds of Meat,”
Associated Press,
9 February 2014,
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/09/california-company-recalls-87-million-pounds-meat/
.

13
Chris Frates and Shannon Travis, “Unfit for Human Consumption: How Nearly 9 Million Pounds of Bad Meat Escaped into the Food Supply,”
CNN,
2 May 2014,
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2014/05/02/bad-meat-investigation/
.

14
Gretchen Goetz, “Who Inspects What? A Food Safety Scramble,”
Food Safety News,
16 December 2010,
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/12/who-inspects-what-a-food-safety-scramble/#.UvCqIvldWSo
.

15
David Wallinga,
Playing Chicken: Avoiding Arsenic in Your Meat
(Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2006), 18.

16
David Wallinga,
Playing Chicken: Avoiding Arsenic in Your Meat
(Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2006), 18.

17
James Andrews, “Poll: Three Quarters of Americans Want More Government Food Safety Oversight,”
Food Safety News,
7 February 2014,
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/02/three-quarters-of-americans-want-more-government-food-safety-oversight/#.UvhZrfldWSo
.

18
“Examining the Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act,”
Energy and Commerce Committee,
5 February 2014,
http://energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/examining-implementation-food-safety-modernization-act#video
.

19
Travis Madsen and Benjamin Davis (Frontier Group) and Brad Heavner and John Rumpler, Environment America Research & Policy Center,
Growing Influence: The Political Power of Agribusiness and the Fouling of America’s Waterways
(Environment America, 2011).

20
Thomas Stratmann, “Can Special Interests Buy Congressional Votes? Evidence from Financial Services Legislation,” American Political Science Association 2002 Annual Meeting, Boston (2002),
http://ideas.repec.org
.

21
Robbie Feinberg, “Special Interests Heavily Involved in Farm Bill Maneuvering,”
OpenSecrets.Org,
30 January 2014,
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/special-interests-heavily-involved.html
.

22
Travis Madsen and Benjamin Davis (Frontier Group) and Brad Heavner and John Rumpler, Environment America Research & Policy Center,
Growing Influence: The Political Power of Agribusiness and the Fouling of America’s Waterways
(Environment America, 2011).

23
Robbie Feinberg, “Special Interests Heavily Involved in Farm Bill Maneuvering,”
OpenSecrets.Org,
30 January 2014,
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/special-interests-heavily-involved.html
.

24
Rigorberto A. Lopez, “Campaign Contributions and Agricultural Subsidies,”
Economics and Politics
13 (3)(2001), 257–78.

25
Robbie Feinberg, “Special Interests Heavily Involved in Farm Bill Maneuvering,”
OpenSecrets.Org,
30 January 2014,
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/special-interests-heavily-involved.html
.

26
Travis Madsen and Benjamin Davis (Frontier Group) and Brad Heavner and John Rumpler, Environment America Research & Policy Center,
Growing Influence: The Political Power of Agribusiness and the Fouling of America’s Waterways
(Environment America, 2011).

27
The Johns Hopkins Center for Livable Future,
Feed for Food Producing Animals: A Resource on Ingredients, the Industry, and Regulation,
(Baltimore, Maryland: Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007), 4–5.

28
The Johns Hopkins Center for A Livable Future,
Feed for Food Producing Animals: A Resource on Ingredients, the Industry, and Regulation,
(Baltimore, Maryland: Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007), 5.

29
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), 67.

30
Phillip Mattera,
USDA Inc, How Agribusiness Hijacked Regulatory Policy at the US Department of Agriculture
(Washington DC: Organization for Competitive Markets, 2004), 10–11.

31
Robyn O’Brien, The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply—and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself,” (New York: Random House, 2009).

32
Kenneth Vogel, “Obama Administration’s Revolving Door,”
Politico,
18 January 2011,
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47713.html
.

33
Mark Babineck, “Judge Dismisses Lingering Lawsuit Against Oprah Winfrey,”
TexNews,
18 September 2002,
http://www.texnews.com/1998/2002/texas/texas_Judge_dis918.html
.

34
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better,
Live Longer, and Spend Smarter (San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), 53.

35
Brandon Kiem, “Ag-Gag Laws Could Make America Sick,”
Wired,
2 May 2013,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/ag-gag-public-health/
.

Chapter Eight:

1
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), xx.

2
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), xxv.

3
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013).

4
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), xxi.

5
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013).

6
Steven Reinberg, “Almost 10 Percent of US Medical Costs Tied to Obesity,” ABC News, 28 July 2009,
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=8184975
.

7
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013).

8
PA Heindenreich, et al, “Forecasting the Future of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States: A Policy Statement from the American Heart Association,”
Circulation
123(8)(2011), 933–944.

9
Union of Concerned Scientists,
The 11 Trillion Dollar Reward: How Simple Dietary Changes Can Save Lives and Money and How We Get There
(2013).

10
Maryn McKenna, “The Biggest Foodborne Illness Threat May Not Be Addressed By the New Food Safety Law,”
Wired,
28 April 2011,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/foodborne-disease-.threat/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous
.

11
Keeping America’s Food Supply Safe
(University of Florida: Emerging Pathogens Institute, 2011).

12
Maryn McKenna, “The Biggest Foodborne Illness Threat May Not Be Addressed By the New Food Safety Law,”
Wired,
April 28 2011,
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/food-borne-disease-.-threat/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous
.

13
Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics,
The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance to US Families and the Health Care System,
(Tufts University, 2010),
http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/consumers/personal_home_5_1451036133.pdf
.

14
Centers for Disease Control,
Antibiotic Resistant Threats in the United States, 2013
(US Department of Health and Human Services, 2013),
http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/threat-report-2013/pdf/ar-threats-2013-508.pdf
.

15
Rachel Zimmerman, “CDC: Millions Acquire Antibiotic-Resistant Infections, Thousands Die Annually,”
CommonHealth,
16 September 2013,
http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2013/09/cdc-millions-getting-infections-resistant-to-antibiotics
.

16
Factsheet: Antibiotic Resistance and Animal Agriculture
(Washington DC: Keep Antibiotics Working, April 2010).

17
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), 3.

18
Geoffrey S. Becker, “Federal Farm Promotion (Check Off) Programs,” Congressional Research Service Report for Congress (2008),
www.nationalaglawcenter.org
.

19
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), 7.

20
US Department of Agriculture, “Benefits of Research and Promotion Boards,” (2011).

21
Johanns v. Livestock Mktg Ass’n
(2005) 544 US.550.

22
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013), 8.

23
Bill Tomson, “US Makes Special Purchase of $40 Million Chicken Products,”
The Wall Street Journal,
15 August 2011,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424053111903392904576510863093422074
.

24
Elanor Starmer and Timothy Wise,
Feeding at the Trough: Industrial Livestock Firms Saved $35 Billion From Low Feed Prices
(Global Development and Environment Institute Tufts University, 2007).

25
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013).

26
Bryan Walsh, “Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food,”
TIME,
21 August 2009,
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1917726,00.html
.

27
David Robinson Simon,
Meatonomics: How the Rigged Economics of Meat and Dairy Make You Consume Too Much and How to Eat Better, Live Longer, and Spend Smarter
(San Francisco: Conari Press, 2013).

28
Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production,
Putting Meat on the Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America
(Maryland: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: 2009).

29
Jennifer Sandy, “Factory Farms: A Bad Choice for Rural America,” Forum Journal 23 (2009),
http://www.preservationnation.org/forum/library/public-articles/factory-farms.html
.