CVA contacted me about it and I'm hoping to leaflet there (and can use
help).
But in order to do so, we have to get permission from ARCO, so I'll call
ARCO when I get a chance.

Jack

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leah" <leahsunnygrrl@...>
To: <valleyveg@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: [valleyveg] Leafleting in Sacramento- Sept. 29


> Hi,
>  I just thought I'd pass this on...I hope some of you can make it out.  I
> will be out of town that day :(
>  -Leah
>
>
>  Hello from PETA's Activist Network!
>
>  I'm writing to let you know that the Women of Faith Conference will be
> taking place in Sacramento on September 29-30. The Christian Vegetarian
> Association (CVA) is looking for activists who would be willing to head
> over to the conference and hand out leaflets in support of animal rights
> and vegetarianism. This conference will draw a large crowd, so it will be
> an excellent opportunity to do outreach and speak up for those who cannot
> speak for themselves.
>
>  What:              Leafleting at the Women of Faith Conference
>  When:             Friday, September 29, starting at 5:30pm
>                                      Saturday, September 30, starting at
> 9:00am
>  Where:            Sacramento CA , at the ARCO Arena
>
>  For more details about the concert, please visit
> http://www.womenoffaith.com/conferences/sacramento/.
>
>  Please let CVA's coordinator, Paris , know if you are able to leaflet for
> animals or if you have any questions by contacting her at
> christian_vegetarian@... or 925-788-8296. (Note: Paris lives in the
> Pacific Time Zone.)
>
>  For animals,
>
>  Lindsey C. Twombly
>  Administrative Assistant
>  International Grassroots Campaigns
>  People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
>  757-213-8746
>  LindseyT@...
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com.  Check it out.

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L. E. F.
Lauren Everett Farnsworth
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Foster Farms characters coming back

By Scott Jason
SJASON@...
September 16, 2006, 02:42:12 AM PDT

LIVINGSTON -- The Foster Imposters are crossing interstate roads in a
renewed effort to pass themselves off as Foster Farms chickens.

The West Coast poultry processor announced Friday it is relaunching its
Foster Imposters advertising campaign, which was on a two-year hiatus.

In 1993, a San Francisco-based advertising firm hatched the two scraggly
birds and their plight to be accepted as Foster Farms chickens. Until
2004, the duo zig-zagged the West Coast in their 1967 Plymouth
Belvedere, trying to deceive customers.

Greta Janz, Foster Farms' vice president of marketing, said the chickens
went to roost because the company noticed consumer awareness levels were
going down.

A study showed 85 percent of California consumers recognized the Foster
Imposters, which made it the most successful campaign since the
California Raisins, Janz said.

The chickens were replaced by the "We Foster" campaign, which focused on
the company being family-owned.

"With ads that are feel-good, (viewers) just tune you out," she said.
"We came to realize that when you are advertising, it's really
difficult to break through the clutter."

When the imposter commercials were pulled, the company was inundated
with calls and letters from people who missed the chickens, Janz said.

They left the air with the possibility of returning, she said.

"When you have something like the imposter campaign, which is a
once-in-a-lifetime campaign, it is hard to come up with something
better," Janz said.

If the campaign was national, it would cost about $50 million, Janz
said. However, Foster Farms advertising is only regional and Janz
declined to give true cost.

Harold Sogard, vice chairman of the company that created the bumbling
birds, said the concept derived from the Charlie the Tuna campaign by
StarKist Tuna, which started in the 1960s, went until 1980s and
recently was reintroduced.

Charlie, a beatnik fish with glasses, always was rejected because the
company wanted fish that tasted good, not that had good taste.

"They cooked up the idea of a couple of chickens that wanted to be
Foster Farms chickens, but weren't good enough," Sogard said.

It is difficult to design a campaign that is both informative and funny,
Sogard said. In the road trip commercial, the two chickens drive across
the nation in searing heat, get frozen at night and eat junk food the
whole time.

Research showed consumers will likely enjoy the imposters' second run as
much as the first one, he said.

"It's a little bit like the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner," he said.
"You know the Foster Imposters are going to lose, and it's fun to find
out how they are going to get found out."

Though people may enjoy the commercials, it doesn't always translate
into increased sales, said Alice Cuneo, the West Coast editor of the
New York-based Advertising Age magazine.

"If it's Foster Farms or a Wal-Mart brand, it will be a hard choice,"
she said. "I am not sure the Imposters can bring people over the line."

The commercials' logic is convoluted, Cuneo said. The customers see the
imposters as the opposite of Foster Farms and then must figure out what
the poultry company is about.

"You have a lot of dots to connect," she said.

The poultry processor switched to the "We Foster" campaign, Cuneo
thinks, because customers became interested in organic and healthy
food.

"Chicken still has that patina of being a healthy food," she said.
"Basically they wanted to do something more family-oriented."

With concerns over avian flu, Cuneo said she wonders if the public will
still embrace the dirty duo.

"I'm interested to see how they can play those chickens out," she said.
"Maybe people will continue to think it's funny."

The fast-food eating, nacho cheese guzzling duo will be in four
commercials this season, starting Monday and ending Oct. 15. Two of
them are in Spanish.

One commercial shows the two driving across the country and trying to
pass themselves off as a Foster Farms chicken to a California resident.
The other clip shows an angry mom confronting the birds on a daytime
talk show after they duped her.

One will be shown Sept. 28 during the premiere of "Grey's Anatomy." They
will appear on network and cable television in all the major cities in
California, Oregon and Washington, Janz said.

Two commercials of the four are in Spanish, featuring the popular
musical group Los Tucanes de Tijuana. They will air beginning Sept. 27.

Reporter Scott Jason can be reached at 385-2453 or
sjason@....

California Supermarket Posts a Point-of-Sale Notice about Foster
Farms' Inhumane Treatment of Chickens

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East Bay Animal Advocates
September 20, 2006
-----------------------------------------------------------

Foster Farms spends approximately $11 million on company
marketing annually, TNS Media Intelligence reports. Over the last
decade, courtesy of Foster Farms, Californians have come to know
two madcap chicken characters, known ironically as the “Foster
Imposters”. While the California poultry producer wastes money on
frivolous advertising, animal welfare is unswervingly
compromised. After a two-year hiatus, the “Foster Imposters”
campaign is returning to television at the end of September.

The timing is impeccable—not only because it is National Chicken
Month, but also, because one supermarket is now willing to give
its customers a more balanced view of the harsh realities of life
at Foster Farms.

Selling Foster Farms products, Berkeley Bowl Marketplace is the
largest grocery store in Berkeley, California. After learning
about the practices of the poultry company, the president of
Berkeley Bowl, Glenn Yasuda, was ready to make a bold and
creative move to protect chickens and educate consumers. The
company is now posting a point-of-sale notice regarding the
mistreatment of animals at Foster Farms.

In a letter to East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA), Mr. Yasuda
expressed his commitment to truth-in-advertising: “Informed
customers will have a choice whether to buy Foster Farms chickens
or not. If your notice is successful in convincing customers not
to buy Foster Farms chickens, your objective has been met.”

In addition, EBAA has launched an online advertising campaign
with www.Google.com to educate consumers in California, Oregon
and Washington about animal abuse at Foster Farms.

Thank Berkeley Bowl for fostering the facts:
http://www.berkeleybowl.com/pages/contact.html

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East Bay Animal Advocates
P.O. Box 1406
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 487-4419
info@...
http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org

http://www.ptreyeslight.com/cgi/news.pl?record=194

Point Reyes Light
September 21, 2006

Chicken slaughter: Killing them softly
Meghan Gilliss

Letter to the Editor Submissions:
http://www.ptreyeslight.com/letter_editor.shtml

Only five percent of the animals slaughtered in the United States are
currently protected by humane slaughtering regulations, leaving the
eight billion birds slaughtered yearly unprotected. The USDA has decided
not to extend legal protections to poultry - a category that includes
chickens, turkeys, water fowl, game birds and even rabbits - even though
they constitute 95 percent of the animals consumed.

If a lawsuit filed by several animal rights organizations succeeds in
court, the nation's poultry may gain the humane slaughtering protections
arguably extended to them nearly 50 years ago.

As the litigation continues at the federal level, some local producers
are taking it upon themselves to see to the humane treatment of their
flocks.

The local treatment

Marin County isn't home to a large-scale poultry industry. About 10
farms raise poultry for eggs; only a few of those raise poultry for
meat.

For all the life on Marin's hillsides and in its bays, there's a
remarkable absence of death. For most of the area's livestock, the life
cycle begins here but ends elsewhere, as there's no processing plant -
not for poultry, bovine or sheep - in the county's limits. That means
local producers must either ship their animals to the nearest facilities
in Sonoma County, or slaughter them on their own land by their own
hands.

On this small scale, Marin's poultry producers have a relationship to
their animals that informs their methods. For many of them, humane
slaughter is not a legal issue as much as it is a moral or even
pragmatic one.

A rancher gets his hands dirty

Local Rancher David Evans, who owns Marin Sun Farms, began slaughtering
his own poultry this year, operating under an exemption that allows
on-site slaughtering for farms handling fewer than 2,000 birds a year.

Evans believes that caging animals and shipping them hundreds of miles
for slaughter adulterates the product and drives up costs. Also, he
cares about the wellbeing of the animals he raises.

Evans is not a religious man, but he still sees his role in terms of a
biblical balance: on the one hand, we've been granted dominion over this
world; on the other hand, it's a sacred world, and we must respect it.
We must be humbled by our ability to control-to domesticate and to
slaughter.

"I don't separate humans from animals," he said. "We're all part of the
same environment."

He does believe, though, that humans and domesticated animals are
engaged in a contract with one another. Domesticated animals have been
bred for eating, not for survival. He pointed to his six-week-old
Cornish Cross broilers, feeding off the ground of their covered pen on
the morning of their slaughter. "Look at their feet," he said. "They can
hardly walk."

He believes it is his duty to provide his chickens with the best food
and safest possible shelter during their lifetime, in exchange for their
flesh or eggs.

In designing a slaughtering station for his fledgling poultry operation,
Evans looked to a mentor of his, Virginia farmer Joel Salatin.

Evans decided to emulate Salatin's poultry set-up because of its small
scale, intensity of interaction, simplicity and humanity.

From bird to meat

The slaughtering set-up on Evans' farm is modest, consisting only of a
few odd-looking contraptions sitting in the sunshine: a row of metal
cones in which the live birds are situated, a vat of scalding water,
and, most strangely, a tub lined with blunt rubber protrusions - a
centrifugal plucker.

The chickens, about 200 of them every four weeks, are brought from their
pen in the field, where they have spent their short lives eating organic
grains and grazing the pasture. The distance between their pen and their
place of slaughter is measured in feet rather than miles. They wait
calmly in cages on the back of a white pickup.

Four at a time, they're placed upside down in metal cones, their heads
poking out of the narrow openings. One at a time, their heads disappear
into the fist of a worker. In a calm and steady motion he pulls their
heads back in such a way to expose their neck to his blade and makes a
slice, careful to cut only the jugular vein - interrupting the flow of
deoxygenated blood to the heart.

The birds remain calm as their blood collects in a tub beneath them. The
transition from consciousness to unconsciousness, which occurs within a
matter of seconds, is seamless. It is only once the birds have lost
consciousness that their bodies begin to spasm, as much as they can
within the cones, and their beautiful white feathers become splattered
with blood, lending drama to the otherwise calm scene.

"I don't know how to kill a bird more painlessly,' Evans said.

The birds remain in the cones for about another minute and a half to
ensure they're dead before they're strung by their feet and dipped in
the scalding water to loosen their feathers. Now simply bodies, they're
tossed into the centrifugal plucker which sends them spinning around as
their feathers are rapidly removed by contact with the rubber fingers.
The bare, shining pinkish bodies that emerge are then sent inside to be
eviscerated and cleaned.

Within 15 minutes, a live bird is converted into the ready to sell
product, which Evans takes to the farmer's market the next day, to be
claimed by the customers who pre-ordered them.

A more commercial venture

West Marin poultry consumers not buying from Evans are likely buying the
poultry processed at Petaluma Poultry: Rosie Organic Free Range Chicken,
Rocky Range Chicken and Rocky Jr. Natural Chicken.

Between five and ten percent of the birds processed at Petaluma Poultry
come from Marin County farms. The plant, one of several nationwide owned
by Coleman Natural Foods, is USDA inspected and third party audited. It
boasts that all of its chickens are certified free-range, and that its
slaughtering methods meet or exceed all federal guidelines.

The company's director of communications, Robyn Nick, said Petaluma
Poultry is happy to be at the forefront of humane practices, adding that
if the USDA adjusts its standards for humane slaughtering due to the
lawsuit, the company will comply. "If they change, we'll change," she
said.

The company currently uses the industry's standard method of slaughter.
"As the birds enter the plant, the environment is dark and quiet, and
designed to minimize trauma. The chickens are then electrically rendered
insensible prior to the slaughter practice," said Nick.

A request for a tour of the plant was denied, on the grounds that its
slaughtering practices are proprietary information.

Raising hens, feeding a family

Jesse Kuhn, who has been running Marin Roots Farm just outside of
Petaluma for a couple of years now, has the craziest henhouse in the
area. Rowdy Araucanas, Sexlinks and Rhode Island Reds cluck and scramble
in the hutch and in the open fields outside as others peacefully roost.
So far, these birds have been used solely for their eggs.

Kuhn has never slaughtered an animal, but this fall he plans on feeding
his family on the meat of some of these birds, as their egg production
levels begin to fall off.

Kuhn hasn't yet selected a method, but he'll choose carefully. "I would
want to do it the right way so that my conscience would feel okay while
I'm eating," Kuhn said. "Otherwise, I'd probably end up with
nightmares."

The litigation

The Humane Society of the United States and East Bay Animal Advocates
are suing the USDA for what they deem to be its failure to fully enforce
humane slaughtering laws. A 1958 law protects all livestock from
inhumane slaughter. In September of 2005, the USDA declared it would not
extend this protection to poultry.

In doing so, the Humane Society believes the USDA is ignoring Congress'
mandate that all livestock be humanely slaughtered, by interpreting it
to exclude the vast majority of all animals slaughtered in the U.S.

In the absence of regulatory protection, the Humane Society believes
poultry are suffering under industry practices such as shackling and
hanging conscious birds upside down, electrically stunning birds into
paralysis but failing to induce actual unconsciousness, cutting
conscious birds with mechanical blades (which are less precise than a
human-held blade), and drowning conscious birds in tanks of scalding
water.

An alternative method supported by the Humane Society is
controlled-atmosphere killing, in which animals are placed in a
contained environment into which carbon dioxide is released, causing the
animals to pass out before being sent down the line.

The history

In the early 20th century, enforcement would have proven highly
difficult, as it would have required a regulatory presence in far-flung
households across the countryside. But as nations were industrialized
and urbanized, the structure of food markets changed, giving birth to
the modern slaughterhouse. Because of advancements in transportation and
mechanized processes, animals could be shipped to these centralized
slaughterhouses and be killed, prepared and packaged at a rate of
thousands per day. With the development of these centralized units of
production came not only the ability, but some argued the
responsibility, of government to regulate.

In 1906, Upton Sinclair wrote a novel so horrid in its reflection of
Chicago's meatpacking industry that an alarmed citizenry clamored for
legislative action. "The Jungle" depicted inhumane and unsanitary
conditions suffered by both livestock and human workers, spurring
President Theodore Roosevelt to order an inspection of an industry that
was at the time completely unregulated. Impressed by the need for
humanitarian interdictions, Congress that year passed both the Pure Food
and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.

The regulations set forth by these acts were primarily concerned with
protecting the health of the consumer. Until the late 1950s, the United
States had no laws addressing the humane treatment of animals during
their slaughter - although the precedent had been set by Switzerland as
early as 1874 and followed by several European powers throughout the
early 1900s.

In 1958, Congress passed the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. According
to a passage in the pending lawsuit, "public demand for a humane
slaughter bill was so strong that when asked if he would sign such a
bill, President Dwight Eisenhower stated, 'if I went by mail, I'd think
no one was interested in anything but humane slaughter.'"

Concern for worker safety also validated new laws. Distressed cows and
flailing turkeys made for a physically dangerous work environment, and
listening to the continual death-torn moans of pained beasts could take
a psychological toll on workers.

The HMSA allowed for two methods of slaughter: either ritualistic, such
as Kosher or Halal methods; or a method by which the animal is rendered
insensible to pain before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast or cut.

Rabbits, too

In a barn on Devil's Gulch Ranch in Nicasio, 700 rabbits with
luxuriantly soft white fur lounge in roomy cages.

Photographs from large-scale rabbit operations reveal tiered cages
packed full of sorry-looking creatures with goopy eyes. The scene here
is different, though. It almost resembles a child's fantasy: a seemingly
endless stockade of healthy, adorable bunnies.

These rabbits aren't pets, though.

Mark and Myriam Pasternak raise rabbits for a couple of reasons. "I like
their temperament," explained Myriam. Also, she said, "I like the meat."

"Whether you're eating plants or you're eating meat, you're eating
something that was once living and I think it should be treated with
respect," Myriam said.

The rabbits are sent to Jones's Rabbit Farm in Sonoma County where
they're gassed, although the Pasternaks' would prefer they undergo
cervical dislocation - a quick and effective snapping of the neck.

"Our philosophy is that it should be as quick and as painless as
possible. It's never foolproof and we know that - I mean, look at what
happens with capital punishment," Myriam said.

Info about World Vegetarian Day in San Francisco.

WORLD VEGETARIAN WEEKEND CELEBRATION 2006

Presented by The San Francisco Vegetarian Society and In Defense of
Animals

Saturday, September 30th & Sunday, October 1st, 10 am to 6 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY FAIR BUILDING in GOLDEN GATE PARK entrance at
Lincoln & 9th Avenue, next to the Arboretum, San Francisco

$5 suggested entrance donation Kids, Students, Seniors with ID FREE
Early Bird Special – Free for everyone to 10 30 a.m.

Come early for all day parking on Lincoln Avenue
MUNI #44, 71, N Judah

PROGRAM SUBJECT OT UNAVOIDABLE LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS OR CHANGES

Speaker Schedule:
Emcee Bob Linden, Go Vegan Radio, KQKE AM 960

SATURDAY, September 30
AUDITORIUM – Lectures
11:00 a.m. Kiki Powers (MS)
12:15 p.m. Dr. Doug Graham, Athlete Coach*®
1:30 p.m. Dr. Will Tuttle (PhD)
2:45 p.m. Dr. Joel Fuhrman (MD)
4:00 p.m. Brendan Brazier, Tri-Athlete*
5:15 p.m. Nellie McKay, Singer
6:00 p.m. Alexis Harte Band
6:30 p.m. Catered Dinner $12
7:00 p.m. Alexis Harte Band

GARDEN CLUB ROOM – Lectures
11:00 a.m. Azalea Blalock, Healthy thru Nature
12:15 p.m. Dr. Joel Fuhrman (MD)
1:30 p.m. Dr. Rick Dina (DC)*®
2:45 p.m. Heng Sure, Reverend (PhD)
4:00 p.m. Dr. Henry Anderson (Ed.D)®
5:15 p.m Rozalind Graham, Professor Nutrition*

RECREATION ROOM – Food Demos
11:00 a.m. Food for Fitness, Demo for Athletes*
12:15 p.m. Cherie Soria, Raw Demo®
1:30 p.m. Brian Waites, Japanese Cuisine
2:45 p.m. Shanta Sachaaroff, Raw Chutney®
5:15 p.m. Empress Sara, Caribbean Demo

GALLERY - Entertainment
10:00 a.m. Turning Point Jazz, Rob & Jim
11:30 a.m. Eric Park, Singer, Guitar
3:15 p.m. Panda Acrobat, Wayne Huey & Lily

OUTSIDE COURTYARD – Children's Corner
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. - Saturday & Sunday


SUNDAY, October 1

AUDITORIUM – Lectures
11:00 a.m. Organic Athlete Forum*
12:15 p.m. Dr. Alan Goldhamer (DC)
1:30 p.m. John Robbins, Author
2:45 p.m. Dr. Milton Mills (MD)
4:00 p.m. Howard Lyman, Mad Cowboy
5:15 p.m. Megan Slankard, Singer
5:45 p.m. Philippine Dancers

GALLERY – Food Demo
12:15 p.m. Flacos, Mexican Demo

OUTSIDE COURTYARD – Food Demo
1:30 p.m. Robert Blalock, Raw Demo®
2:45 p.m. Sam Lipman, Raw Demo®

GALLERY - Entertainment
10:00 a.m. Turning Point Jazz
12:15 p.m. Panda Acrobat, Wayne & Lily
1:30 p.m. Eco Fashion Show & Nzuri

OUTSIDE COURTYARD – Children's Corner
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. - Saturday & Sunday

*Outside Activities & Indoor Speakers
*Organized by Organic Athlete Conference
www.organicathlete.org 866-258-6179

For more information, contact 415-273-5481 or www.sfvs.org.

SPONSORS
Varnashram, VegNews Magazine, Friends of Animals, Rainbow Grocery,
Common Ground, Bay Area Naturally

Valley Veg,

I still am in talks with ARCO about leafleting the Women of Faith conference
this Friday night.

To update you on this semester's activities, I have leafleted with Vegan
Outreach's booklet, Even If You Like Meat, at 4 schools so far:

9/6 Sac State 302 students served
9/12 Sierra College 280 students served
9/19 Sac City 351 students served
9/26 Cosumnes River College 302 students served

If anyone wants to get involved, let me know.

Jack Norris, Registered Dietitian
Vegan Outreach
www.veganoutreach.org

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L. E. F.
Lauren Everett Farnsworth
Save Lives, Save the Earth, Save Yourself: GO VEGAN!
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(from FARM e-newsletter)

Farmed Animal Death Toll Levels Off

The total number of land-based animals killed for food
in the U.S. this year is projected to reach 10.45
billion, according to extrapolation of data published
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National
Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA/NASS). This
represents only a 0.6% increase over the 2005 figure
of 10.39 billion – well under the 0.9% annual U.S.
population growth.

The number of fishes and other aquatic organisms
killed is not reported by any agency, but is likely to
exceed that number.
The 2006 total of 10,452 million includes 40 million
cattle and calves (up 7% from 37.5 million in 2005),
123 million pigs (up 1% from 122 million), 4 million
sheep and goats, 290 million turkeys (up 5% from 276),
31 million ducks (up 4% from 30 million), 9,575
million "broilers" (up 1% from 9,480 million) and 389
million laying hens (down 11% from $437 million).

The total number of mammals and birds killed for food
in 2005 reflects both the 9,417 million animals
slaughtered under federal inspection and another 970
million, or 9.3% of the total, who suffered lingering
deaths from disease, malnutrition, injury,
suffocation, stress, or other factory farming practices.

L. E. F.
Lauren Everett Farnsworth
Save Lives, Save the Earth, Save Yourself: GO VEGAN!
http://www.sunflourbaking.com
http://www.sunkingpublishing.com

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Good day,

Today, Andronico's Market, a 9-store grocery chain based in the San Francisco
Bay Area, has ended the sale of eggs from hens confined in wire battery cages,
and all Andronico's stores are now exclusively selling cage-free eggs.
Andronico's sells approximately 4.8 million eggs each year. Bill Andronico,
president and CEO of Andronico's, stated, "We are proud of our switch away from
battery cage eggs. This new policy furthers our commitment to social
responsibility, including animal welfare."

Tune in to KPFA Radio 94.1 FM or listen online [ www.kpfa.org ] for news
coverage of the Andronico's new egg policy tonight at 6 p.m.
Don't forget to thank you both Andronico's and KPFA for taking action on this
important issue:

KPFA Radio Listener Comments:
Phone - 510-848-6767 x 622
Online - http://www.kpfa.org/feedback

Andronico's Market Customer Comments:
Phone - 510-649-6759
Email - customerservice@...

Best,
Christine

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=i_team&id=4629419

Andronico's Adopts Cage-Free Egg Policy
I-Team Follow Up
KGO By Dan Noyes

Oct. 4 - KGO - Andronico's is joining the list of stores that will now sell only
cage-free eggs.

The Albany-based chain says it will no longer sell eggs from hens living in what
it called "abusive battery cages."

The Humane Society is applauding the decision.

The I-Team has done a series of reports about the cages and the impact on the
health of chickens.

Andronico's joins Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Ben & Jerry's and others which have
made the move to only cage-free eggs.

Comment on the story online:
http://forums.go.com/abclocal/KGO/forum?forumID=31&byThread=false

-------------------------

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM also covered the news of Andronico's new egg policy tonight.
The segment aired at approximately 6:25 p.m. You can listen to the evening news
piece at http://www.kpfa.org/archives. Thank KPFA for covering this important
issue:

KPFA Radio Listener Comments:
Phone - 510-848-6767 x 622
Online - http://www.kpfa.org/feedback

Giving shoppers honest information about the products they purchase is so
important today. In the San Francisco Bay Area, one supermarket is now willing
to give its customers a more accurate view of Foster Farms Chicken products.

Berkeley Bowl Marketplace has agreed to allow both East Bay Animal Advocates and
Foster Farms the opportunity to express their positions via point-of-sale
notices regarding the treatment of Foster Farms Chickens.

Please send a thank-you to Berkeley Bowl Marketplace:

Email: info@...
Phone: 510-843-6929
Mailing Address: 2020 Oregon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703

For more information about the lives of Foster Farms Chickens, please visit
www.FosterFacts.net.

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>
>
>Hey guys,
>
>I'm hoping you all could pass the word about an
>adorable 8 week old kitten I just rescued - he
>needs a home.  He's a little boy, and after one
>day already very friendly - he was crawling
>around in my lap, purring and nudging my hand
>for more petting.  I'm arranging for him to get
>a check up, shots, neuter and all the good
>stuff, I just need to find him a home.  He's
>free to anyone who'll give him love.
>
>Please forward this along to anyone you think
>would spread the word and/or be interested in
>adopting him.  They can email me
><mailto:takhisis10@...>takhisis10@... or call me at
>916-792-0525.
>
>I have included photos of the little guy - he's so cute!
>
>Thanks for any help you can give!
>
>Erin

I just wanted send an invite...Juliana's Kitchen is staying open
Saturday, October 14th.  They normally close at 3:00pm, but they have
agreed to open for  dinner at 5:30pm.  Join the Sac Veg Society for
dinner, and then check out some galleries on Second Saturday.

Please let me know if you plan on going...I have to keep them in
formed on how many plan to attend.

Charlotte
charma1117@...

Juliana's Kitchen
Sacramento - 1401 G St. - (916) 444-0966
    Tip: The corner of 14th and G St.

Don't Miss the Walk for Farm Animals in San Francisco this Saturday

Date:
Saturday, October 14
Registration Time: 10 a.m.
Walk Time: 11 a.m.

Location:
In front of the Ferry Building on the Embacadero Pier 1

Contact:
Bud Makelke
415-577-0766
sanfrancisco@...

Directions/ Meeting Point:
Meet us directly in front of the Ferry Building

Those of you who bring in more than $150 in pledges will have your names entered
in a raffle for some great prizes! There will be bottled water provided for all
Walk participants. Feel free to bring your dogs (leashed, of course), kids,
neighbors, and co-workers. Let's make this year's Walk the biggest one yet!
Here's to the animals.

Online at http://www.walkforfarmanimals.org/locations/sanfran.htm.

A vegetarian diet is one of the healthiest ways to eat. Studies have
demonstrated that vegetarians are much less likely to become obese
than those who are not on a vegetarian diet. <br>
According to the Surgeon General, about 300,000 Americans die each
year of obesity-related diseases such as heart disease, hypertension,
kidney disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and adult-onset diabetes.<br>
A vegetarian diet fights against cancer, including gender-related
cancers such as breast cancer, uterine cancer, and prostate cancer.
Studies have shown that the death rate from cancer is much lower for
those on a vegetarian diet than it is for those in the general
population. <br>
Also vegetarians have a stronger immune system, possibly because of
the higher number of vitamins that can be found in vegetables,
grains, and legumes. Plus, fiber-rich vegetarian diets may reduce the
risk of cancers of the digestive organs.<br>
A vegetarian diet helps fight against heart disease. Eating foods
high in fiber and complex carbohydrates can reduce the risk of heart
disease. Animal proteins raise cholesterol levels while plant-based
proteins reduce them. <br>
A vegetarian diet helps you avoid some illnesses caused by e coli,
salmonella and listeria - which are the most virulent forms of food-
borne illnesses. Most of these food-borne illnesses are related to
contaminated meat. <br>
Approx. 750,000 Americans go to hospitals each year because of them
and that doesn't count the unreported cases. It is believed that
about 5,000 people die yearly because of these illnesses. <br>
Weight control: On a balanced vegetarian diet one can very easily
lose weight and stay fit. Grains, legumes, many types of vegetables,
and soy foods contain little or no fat. Plus, they provide a feeling
of fullness which keeps the body fueled and satisfied for hours.<br>
Economy: As far as money is concerned, it's much cheaper to buy
vegetarian food than quality meats and fish. Those who give up on
meat discover a new world of diverse foods which is not only fun and
appetizing but also a healthful way to eat, and ensures a balance of
essential nutrients.<br>
Ecology: Eating "low on the food chain" is not only healthy - due to
the reduction of pesticide and animal antibiotic residue you will be
ingesting - but it is also good for the planet as livestock depletes
enormous land and water resources. Consider this: Each year raising
livestock contributes to the loss of millions of tons of topsoil,
which is irreplaceable. One needs 390 gallons of water to produce a
pound of beef while a pound of wheat needs 25 gallons of water Also,
livestock produce massive amounts of excrement, which has been shown
to pollute soil, water, and the air.<br>
Compassion: One of the cruelest practices imaginable is animal
agribusiness since millions of creatures are subjected to
confinement, overcrowding and disfigurement only to face an equally
cruel demise in the slaughterhouse. A primarily plant-based diet is a
more humane way to enjoy the fruits of the earth.<br>
Good company: Distinguished figures such as Pythagorus, Leonardo da
Vinci, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Gandhi, Charles Darwin,
George Bernard Shaw have not only practiced the vegetarian way of
life but also promoted it.<br>
http://vegetarianawtt.blogspot.com/#

East Bay Animal Advocates, Compassionate Cooks & San Francisco Vegetarian
Society invite you:

A Special Lecture & Book Signing by Michael Greger, M.D.

Tuesday, December 5th at 7 p.m.
Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland
Free Admission

Topic: "Surviving the Next Pandemic: Bird Flu and Other Emerging Infectious
Diseases"

Leading public health authorities now predict as inevitable a pandemic of
influenza, triggered by bird flu and expected to lead to millions of deaths
around the globe. The influenza virus has existed for millions of years as an
innocuous intestinal virus of wild ducks. What turned a harmless waterborne duck
virus into a killer? In an engaging multimedia presentation, Dr. Michael Greger
traces the human role in the evolution of this virus. In the face of the coming
pandemic, Dr. Greger reveals what we can do to protect our families and what
human society to can do to reduce the likelihood of such potential catastrophes
in the future.

Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician, author, and internationally recognized
professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger
has been invited to lecture at countless universities, medical schools and
conferences around the world, including the Conference on World Affairs, the
Bird Flu Summit, and the National Institutes of Health. Learn more at
www.drgreger.org.

Questions and RSVP's:
Info@...

Link to the photos taken at the Seventh Annual World Vegetarian Day
Celebration in San Francisco (Photos 2006).

http://www.sfvs. org/wvd/pictures /page1.html

East Bay Animal Advocates
October 16, 2006 Issue

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Join EBAA for free vegan pizza at our volunteer forum

You are invited to our new monthly volunteer meetings at Oakland's
Pizza Plaza. On Monday, October 30th, EBAA is buying vegan
pizza for everyone. Our group meetings are the perfect way to get
involved, whether you are new to animal advocacy or a seasoned
campaigner. RSVP's are mandatory. Space is limited.

Get involved:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/10/16/18320740.php

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SF Chronicle Magazine spotlights EBAA volunteer

On Sunday, October 15th, SF Chronicle reporter, Sam Whiting
wrote: "In the world of animal advocacy, all species need a
champion and that is why Christine Morrissey is fighting for the
rights of farm chickens. Morrissey, 25, lives in an apartment
next to the MacArthur Freeway in Oakland, but dreams of Fresno,
and a country life full of free-at-last range chickens."

Read the full story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/15/CMG7DL17JR1.DTL

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Take a stand against misleading egg labels

Animal welfare claims on egg cartons are currently unregulated in
the United States, enabling egg producers to mislead consumers
with exaggerated and false claims. Without any federal oversight,
claims on egg cartons can—and commonly do—misrepresent to
consumers how those eggs were produced. A new petition, co-filed
by Compassion Over Killing and Penn Law Animal Law Project, urges
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a uniform,
market-wide regulation mandating the labeling of egg production
methods on egg cartons (i.e. “eggs from caged hens”) to protect
consumers from false and misleading advertising.

It’s important that the FDA hear from you:
http://www.cok.net/camp/egg_labeling

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EBAA exhibits at the Pittsburg Public Library

For the month of October, EBAA has a factory farming exhibit at
the Pittsburg Public Library. Encourage your friends and family
in Contra Costa County to visit the exhibit and pick up free
information about humane eating.

Stop by the library:
http://www.ccclib.org/direct/pit.html

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East Bay Animal Advocates
P.O. Box 1406
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 487-4419
info@...
http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org

Note: forwarded message attached.


L. E. F.
Lauren Everett Farnsworth
Save Lives, Save the Earth, Save Yourself: GO VEGAN!
http://www.sunflourbaking.com
http://www.sunkingpublishing.com

Are your products tested on animals??  FIND OUT!!! at...
http://www.caringconsumer.com/searchcompany.html

Hi All,

I know I sent an email awhile back about a condo for
rent.  Well it's rented and now I need to get rid of
some furniture.  I thought I'd give my fellow veggies
first pick.

I'm offering a full mattress and box springs with the
"egg crate" cover for $50.  Used for 2 years.  Perfect
condition except one corner of box springs slightly
scratched by cat.

Please reply to lef288@....

L. E. F.
Lauren Everett Farnsworth
Save Lives, Save the Earth, Save Yourself: GO VEGAN!
http://www.sunflourbaking.com
http://www.sunkingpublishing.com

Are your products tested on animals??  FIND OUT!!! at...
http://www.caringconsumer.com/searchcompany.html

SAVE THE DATE

Join film producer & director Shannon Keith at the San Francisco Bay Area
Premiere of "Behind the Mask".

When: Saturday, December 16
Where: Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland
Time: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Admission: $10 Dollars (All proceeds from the film screening will support the
work of Animal Rescue, Media & Education and East Bay Animal Advocates.)

"Behind the Mask" is a new documentary focusing on those individuals who take
direct action to save animals. Learn more at www.uncagedfilms.com.

Vegan treats served with cider and juice. This is a non-alcohol event.

Questions & RSVP's:
info@...

I hope it's okay to use the list for this purpose...

----- Original Message -----
From: <Jeff_Brown@...>
To: <HotNDaSac@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:10 PM
Subject: [HotNDaSac] Help - Litter Mates Need a Home


>
> Fellow utimate players and friends,
>
> Christina and I are in fairly desperate need to find a good home for our
> two cats Taylor and Sasha.  Unfortunately, we cannot have them in our
> neighborhood due to the large number cats already there, or in our house,
> because we now have two small kids to look after as well.  We just cant
> give them the attention or space they need.  They are brother and sister
> about 5.5 years old with up to date vaccinations who we've had since they
> were 3 weeks old.  They are very friendly and, beleive it or not, play
> well
> with other cats and dogs.
>
> If you or anyone you know is interested in having two outdoor cats, please
> let me know. Christina prepared a flyer (attached) with pictures and other
> info.
>
> Please don't hesitate to call me if you or anyone else may be interested
> in
> taking these cats into your home. (cell 425-2330).  We are hoping to find
> a
> new owner for them (aside from the SPCA) within the next few days - so
> please respond as soon as possible or forward to anyone you would
> recommend.
>
> Thanks!
>
> (See attached file: Adorable Cats Need a Home.doc)
>
> Jeff Brown, PG
> Senior Geologist
> Direct 916-679-2249
> Fax 916-679-2900
> jeff_brown@...
>
>
>
> This e-mail and any attachments are confidential. If you receive this
> message in error or are not the intended recipient, you should not retain,
> distribute, disclose or use any of this information and you should destroy
> the e-mail and any attachments or copies.
>
>
>
>
>

http://www.pawpac.org/start/

PAW PAC ENDORSEMENTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2006 ELECTION



  PROPOSITIONS:

1E – DISASTER PREPAREDNESS - YES

84 - CLEAN WATER, PARKS AND COASTAL PROTECTION - YES

87 – ALTERNATIVE ENERGY – YES

89 – CLEAN MONEY AND FAIR ELECTIONS – YES

90 – GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY – NO



GOVERNOR: Phil Angelides

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: John Garamendi

TREASURER: Bill Lockyer

ATTORNEY GENERAL: Jerry Brown

SECRETARY OF STATE: Debra Bowen

SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION: Jack O'Connell

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION, District 4: Judy Chu



SENATE

     6: Darryl Steinberg

     8: Leland Yee

    10: Ellen Corbett

    12: Wiley Nickel

    14: Wesley Firch

    20: Alex Padilla

    22: Gil Cedillo

    24: Gloria Romero

    26: Mark Ridley-Thomas

    28: Jenny Oropeza

    34: Lou Correa

    36: Mark Hanson



ASSEMBLY

     1: Patty Berg

     6: Jared Huffman

     7: Noreen Evans

     9: Dave Jones

    11: Mark DeSaulnier

    13: Mark Leno

    14: Loni Hancock

    16: Sandre Swanson

    18: Mary Hayashi

    19: Gene Mullin

    21: Ira Ruskin

    22: Sally Lieber

    24: Jim Beall

    25: James Lex Bufford

    26: Kenneth Goeken

    27: John Laird

    35: Pedro Nava

    39: Richard Alarcon

    40: Lloyd Levine

    41: Julia Brownley

    42: Mike Feuer

    43: Paul Krekorian

    44: Tony Portantino

    45: Kevin De Leon

    46: Fabian Nunez

    47: Karen Bass

    49: Mike Eng

    50: Hector De La Torre

    54: Betty Karnette

    56: Tony Mendoza

    57: Ed Hernandez

    59: Elliott Barkin

    61: Nell Soto

    62: Amina Carter

    68: Paul Lucas

    69: Jose Solorio

    72: John MacMurray

    76: Lori Saldana

    77: Christopher R Larkin

    78: Maxine Sherard

    79: Mary Salas

East Bay Animal Advocates
October 24, 2006 Issue

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Lunardi's Supermarket, a high-end grocery chain in the San
Francisco Bay Area, proclaims it purported commitment to
excellence: "We can explain our prices, but we don't ever want to
have to justify our quality."

Although the company offers an array of free-range and cage-free
egg products, Lunardi's shockingly still sells eggs from chickens
confined in battery cages. Moreover, Lunardi's is the lead
competitor of Andronico's Market, which stopped selling battery
cage eggs this month.

Recently, East Bay Animal Advocates documented conditions at
Lunardi's battery-cage egg supplier. The undercover footage shows
intensive confinement of chickens in tiny cages. Citing concerns
over animal welfare, East Bay Animal Advocates has contacted
Lunardi’s five times this fall without a single response.

Lunardi’s plays an important role in promoting animal-friendly
business practices. In order to advance the company’s commitment
to excellence, EBAA is asking Lunardi’s to stop supporting this
abusive industry practice.

On Friday, October 27th, join East Bay Animal Advocates for our
campaign launch with a National Call-In to Lunardi’s. Between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PST, call (650) 588-7507 and urge the
company to adopt a cage-free egg policy.

Learn more about how you can protect chickens through this campaign:
http://www.LunardisAbuse.com

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East Bay Animal Advocates
P.O. Box 1406
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 487-4419
info@...
http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org

October 24, 2006
Meat Labels Hope to Lure the Sensitive Carnivore
By ANDREW MARTIN


Many cows, pigs and chickens will soon be living cushier lives.

But in the end, they will still be headed for the dinner plate.

Whole Foods Market is preparing to roll out a line of meat that will
carry labels saying "animal compassionate," indicating the animals
were raised in a humane manner until they were slaughtered.

The grocery chain's decision to use the new labels comes as a
growing number of retailers are making similar animal-welfare claims
on meat and egg packaging, including "free farmed," "certified
humane," "cage free" and "free range."

While the animal-welfare labels are proliferating, it remains
unclear whether they appeal to anyone other than a niche market of
animal lovers, particularly since the meat and eggs are as much as
twice as expensive as products that do not carry the labels.

Mike Jones, a Louisburg, N.C., farmer who is raising "animal
compassionate" pigs for Whole Foods, is convinced the new label will
find buyers among "recyclers" and "foodies."

"The recyclers will buy it because they love this kind of
agriculture," Mr. Jones said. "The foodies will buy it because they
love the taste."

The increase in animal-welfare labels has been driven in part by
animal-rights organizations. The Humane Society of the United
States, for instance, has been working for nearly two years to end
the practice of confining hens to cages. But, like organic and
natural labels, the animal-welfare claims are also a way for food
retailers to offer something their competitors do not.

"You are always trying to find a point of difference," said Ted
Taft, managing director of the Meridian Consulting Group. "You could
argue that chicken is chicken. But if you get a chicken that is free
range, consumers will say, `I like that.' "

Mr. Taft added that buyers say " `It makes me feel good.' It's
something to give it an edge in a tie-breaker."

The labeling trend has even been embraced by the restaurant
industry, where a handful of high-end restaurants are now
carrying "certified humane" meat. The Chipotle Mexican Grill,
meanwhile, trumpets its humanely raised pork in an ad campaign that
appears on the company's Web site and on billboards.

Steve Ells, the chain's founder, chairman and chief executive, said
his decision to use humanely raised pork, free of antibiotics and
hormones, in his burritos was based in part on his distaste for
industrial-style farming, but also on his belief that it tastes
better. When the natural pork was added to the menu six years ago,
sales of the pork burrito quickly doubled, though the price jumped
by $1.

"What is cool about this is we made our food taste better, and we
did something good for the food system, for sustainability," Mr.
Ells said.

The market for cage-free eggs, which often cost 60 percent more, is
growing rapidly, though neither the federal government nor the
United Egg Producers, a trade group, tracks their share of the
market.

It is harder to determine how many meat packages carry animal-
welfare labels. There is general agreement, though, that it remains
a small niche that will probably expand substantially when Whole
Foods begins offering its animal-compassionate line in its 186
stores.

At one grocery outlet, at least, "certified humane" meat is selling
briskly. D'Agostino, a small grocery chain in New York, said sales
of meat jumped 25 percent since it added the "certified humane"
logo, though the products cost, on average, 30 to 40 percent more.

Several other vendors said they believed that the animal-welfare
labels have helped them in various ways. "It has probably helped
sales, but it's not really recordable," said Steve Gold, vice
president for marketing at Murray's Chicken, which uses
the "certified humane" label. "It helps the image of what we are
trying to be as a company."

Whole Foods, which recently banned the sale of live lobster amid
welfare concerns, has been working on its animal compassionate
standards for three years and plans to unveil its logo in a few
months, as soon as auditing guidelines are established to make sure
farmers are following the rules. The initiative was started by Whole
Foods' chief executive, John P. Mackey, a vegan who has been
increasingly outspoken on animal-rights issues.

"We want to make sure that people know that it's real," said
Margaret Wittenberg, vice president for communications and quality
standards. "That it's not just marketing."

But some critics say all the new marketing labels will confuse
consumers who are already struggling to decide between organic and
antibiotic-free, grass-fed and natural.

"I have a great deal of concern over the animal welfare or certified
humane-type programs, that they are meaningful and that they don't
put forth that they do more than organics," said George Siemon,
chief executive of Organic Valley, a Wisconsin cooperative that
primarily sells dairy products. He noted that the federal
government's organic standards include animal-welfare provisions,
like prohibiting cages for laying hens and requiring outdoor access
for livestock.

To remind consumers of the value of organic, the cooperative's meat
brand, Organic Prairie, is playing off the profusion of new labels
in its advertising. "Forget the marketing buzz words," says an ad
showing a package of ham with six different labels. "Organic Prairie
says it all."

At the same time, others question the validity of the certification
programs for animal-welfare labels because some allow farming
practices like cutting the tails off pigs and allowing animals to be
raised entirely indoors.

For instance, the United Egg Producers provided an "animal care
certified" logo to its members that several state attorneys general
said was misleading because it falsely suggested that the chickens
were humanely raised. While denying the charges, the group recently
changed the label to say "United Egg Producers certified."

"One needs to understand the integrity of these seals of approval,"
said Bill Niman, the founder and chairman of Niman Ranch, a meat
company that follows what he believes are rigorous animal-welfare
protocols. "If the consumer knew how the animals are being raised
that are receiving these seals of approval, it's quite different
than what they envision. They have this bucolic vision" that is
often "quite far from reality."

The federal government generally does not regulate how farm animals
are treated, nor do they verify animal-welfare labels. The
government does require that labels be truthful and has established
definitions for such designations as free range, natural and organic.

Instead, several animal-rights organizations now offer to certify
animal-welfare labels to bolster their credibility. For instance,
the American Humane Association oversees the "free farmed" program,
while Humane Farm Animal Care administers the "certified humane"
label. The Animal Welfare Institute plans to unveil its own label
next month,

Along with Whole Foods, their animal welfare standards are each more
rigorous than the industry norms. For instance, laying hens cannot
be housed continuously in wire cages, which is the industry norm.
And dairy cows, which are routinely raised indoors, must receive at
least four hours of exercise a day. Their tails cannot be cut off
either, an accepted industry practice.

Whole Foods has not yet completed its standards for dairy cows.

But there are differences among the humane certification programs,
and the activists who run them argue over which program is better.

For instance, the Animal Welfare Institute and "free farmed" allow
nose rings for pigs; the rings make rooting more difficult and
prevent the pigs from tearing up the ground. The others do not allow
rings.

Mike Jones, the North Carolina farmer, said he had no trouble
meeting the standards. He has created his own version of hog heaven
on 73 scrubby acres that stretch out behind the Mitchell Baptist
Church.

Much of the land is divided into wire-rimmed pens in front of his
house, where on a recent morning five massive sows snoozed on a
thick bed of hay while dozens of pigs chased one another through the
woods or nudged open feeder doors for corn and soybean meal.

While most pigs in the United States are raised in buildings
derisively called "factory farms," Mr. Jones, 42, has created a farm
that is decidedly low tech. Even pig breeding, which is typically
done by artificial insemination, is left to the whims of nature.

As with any romance, it does not always work so smoothly. For
instance, a 550-pound pink sow grunted and squealed to ward off the
advances of an even larger black boar.

"He's attempting to be romantic with her, and she's saying, `I'm not
interested,' " Mr. Jones explained. When the boar bit off a mouthful
of shrubs and chased after the sow, Mr. Jones remarked: "Look, he's
bringing her a bouquet of flowers. I've never seen that before."

At the Whole Foods store in Durham, N.C., several customers said
they would consider buying meat with the "animal compassionate"
label, while others were undecided.

"To be honest with you, I don't know," said Christopher Martin,
44. "I've never thought about it before."

"I've noticed cage free," he added. "I never knew what it meant. It
didn't register."

Martha Warburton, 62, said she did not have a problem with eating
meat, though she also did not want farm animals to be mistreated.
Still, when confronted with an "animal compassionate" label on meat,
Ms. Warburton said, "I might not want to eat meat at all."

Today, join East Bay Animal Advocates for our campaign launch with a National
Call-In to Lunardi’s Supermarket, Inc. Call (650) 588-7507 and urge the company
to stop selling battery-cage eggs.

Lunardi's Supermarket, a high-end grocery chain in the San Francisco Bay Area,
proclaims it purported commitment to excellence: "We can explain our prices, but
we don't ever want to have to justify our quality."

Lunardi's shockingly still sells eggs from chickens confined in battery cages.
Moreover, Lunardi's is the lead competitor of Andronico's Market, which stopped
selling battery cage eggs this month.

Recently, East Bay Animal Advocates documented conditions at Lunardi's
battery-cage egg supplier. The undercover footage shows intensive confinement of
chickens in tiny cages. Citing concerns over animal care, East Bay Animal
Advocates has contacted Lunardi’s five times this fall without a single
response.

Lunardi’s plays an important role in promoting animal-friendly business
practices. In order to advance the company’s commitment to excellence, EBAA is
asking Lunardi’s to stop supporting this abusive industry practice.

Learn more about how you can protect chickens through this campaign:
http://www.LunardisAbuse.com