I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat (but farm it right). By keeping out of the debate over how livestock should be kept, those of us who have advocated veganism have allowed the champions of cruel, destructive, famine-inducing meat farming to prevail. It's time we got stuck in. [News Source]

FDA nears approval as food of genetically altered salmon. The Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve the first genetically modified animal for human consumption, a highly anticipated decision that is stirring controversy and could mark a turning point in the way American food is produced. [News Source]

Meat back on menu for animal feed 20 years after BSE crisis. Meat could once again be fed to animals under plans to relax rules introduced to prevent the transmission of BSE more than 20 years after the emergence of "mad cow disease" caused a public health and political crisis. [News Source]

Are Genetically Modified Salmon Headed to the Supermarket? The FDA is poised to decide whether biotech animals should be sold as food. A genetically engineered strain of Atlantic salmon that's designed to grow twice as fast as its unaltered cousins may soon be eligible for dinner. After a decade of debate, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this month will review an application to market fish created by AquaBounty Technologies , a company ... [News Source]