"Factory farming has become the norm in Canada, just like in the U.S. It is common for farm animals in both countries to be crowded into warehouses, and packed into cages and crates so tightly that they can’t move.  In both Canada and the U.S., farm animals are treated like commodities, rather than as living, feeling creatures."

"When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a ban on trans fat in June, it was hailed as a major public health victory. Trans fat, after all, has been linked to heart disease and strokes, the two top causes of death in the United States.

For environmental activists, this ban is a source of deep anxiety. They are afraid of the unintended but huge consequences on climate change.

At stake are Asian rainforests, landscapes dotted with meadows and heathlands, freshwater lakes and rivers, as well as rhinos, elephants, orangutans and tigers — species threatened with extinction."

Delicious.