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    • Features

    Mad Cow Scaremongers
    These people are activists, not knowledgeable scientists. Their expertise is in scare mongering, not livestock agriculture. read more here »

    Ad Campaigns

    Confused About Mad Cow? Confused About Mad Cow?
    While anti-meat activists and opponents of modern farming jumped on the only American case of Mad Cow Disease to scare consumers away from beef, the facts tell a more reassuring story. Harvard scientists say the risk to Americans is "as close to zero as you can get." The chief scientist at the USDA says "the U.S. consumer has every reason to remain confident in the safety of U.S. beef.” So why are professional activists spreading fear and hysteria? click to view »


    OpEds

    Mad Cow: A cause for alarm?
    Americans should definitely change their habits in a post-mad-cow America, and I'm not talking about whether we eat beef. read more here »

    Activist Cash

    Howard Lyman
    Background
    A successful Montana cattle rancher for nearly four decades, Howard Lyman sold his farm in 1983 and became a professional lobbyist for the Montana Farmers Union and the National Farmers Union, promoting the passage of the National Organic Standards Act. read more here »

    John Stauber
    Background
    Though typically described by the mass media as an “investigative journalist,” John Stauber of the Center for Media & Democracy has spent his entire life in left-wing advocacy. read more here »

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