News
August 19, 2008
The challenges for China's people, and environment, extend beyond the Olympics, and are encapsulated in Brighter Green's
new report (PDF). For a Chinese version, click
here.
May 20, 2008
Executive Director Mia MacDonald gave two talks in Portland earlier this month on the links between the globalization of industrial meat production and the global environment, public health and food security.
May 10, 2008
Click
here to listen to a podcast of an interview with Mia MacDonald on KINK radio in Portland.
April 13, 2008
Farm Sanctuary by Gene Baur was number 12 on the
Los Angeles Times' hardcover bestseller list for the week ending March 30, 2008.
April 9, 2008
Executive Director Mia MacDonald gave a presentation on Monday, April 7, at the
University of Chicago entitled: "Meat World?: Current and Future Scenarios."
February 15, 2008
Mia MacDonald, Brighter Green's Executive Director, has been elected to the Executive Committee of the
New York City Group of the national environmental organization, the
Sierra Club.
January 17, 2008
Brighter Green has gathered reports, media articles, policy papers and other materials on factory farming and its impacts on the world's environment, public health, animals, poverty and food security. Click
here to visit the Resources section.
November 6, 2007
Executive Director Mia MacDonald spoke about the globalization of industrial meat production on Saturday, November 3rd at an all-day conference co-sponsored by
EarthSave Chicago and the University of Chicago's Vegan Society.
September 1, 2007
Mia MacDonald of Brighter Green and Gene Baur of Farm Sanctuary describe their vision for food, farming and agriculture as the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill is debated.
July 30, 2007
Brighter Green and Farm Sanctuary's white paper on the farm bill was the subject of an article in Connecticut's Record-Journal.
July 23, 2007
Coverage by Web-based news and information sources.
July 1, 2007
Drovers, "America's beef business source," features environmental and animal welfare recommendations.
June 28, 2007
Brighter Green and Farm Sanctuary's 2007 farm bill white paper leads agribusiness publication news.
June 27, 2007
Collaborative analysis published: The 2007 Farm Bill: A New Vision for U.S. Agriculture, Food Production and Healthy Eating