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D.C. Office One Stop Shop on Animal Welfare
La Junta Democrat - March 2010
Executive Vice President Kay Johnson Smith explains the importance of the Alliances work protecting farmers and ranchers. She explains that consumer outreach efforts are needed to win the animal welfare debate: "We need to explain that we dont do things like our grandfather did. We need to be telling those stories, but we need to be the ones narrating the story, not with actors but with farmers who have a gift for communicating." (More)

Welcome to Farmville
Capital Press - March 2010
More than 65 million people log on to the virtual farms everyday on the popular social networking game "Farmville." In November 2009, the Alliance created a video entitled "The Real Farmville" to help consumers understand that food production is not as simple as Farmville makes it seem, encouraging them to thank a farmer for their hard work. (More)

Peeling Back the Layers of HSUS
Dairy Herd Management - February 2010
Outspoken agriculture advocates are helping others learn about the animal rights agenda of the Humane Society of the United States. The Alliance helped coordinate a response to the [yellow tail] wine company after it made a large donation to HSUS. After hearing widespread concern over the donation, [yellow tail] committed to only donating to animal organizations focusing on hands-on animal care in the future. (More)

Hot Topics in Animal Agriculture
America's Web Radio - November 2009
Alliance Executive Vice President Kay Johnson Smith joined Ray Bowman on The Sheep and Goat Radio Hour to discuss current issues facing animal agriculture around the country.(More)

Extremist Attacks on Food Chain Increase
Brownfield Network - March 5, 2009
The Animal Agriculture Alliance says attacks by animal rights and environmental extremist groups on the global food chain and especially on food retailers in the U.S. are on the rise. Animal Ag Alliance spokesman, Philip Lobo, tells Brownfield the attacks on domestic food retailers were up 377% in 2008 from the previous year. He says there were 34 incidents last year, compared to nine in 2007. Lobo says the intent is clear - extremist groups want to shut those businesses down. He says there are fewer attacks on actual farms and the intent seems to be getting to the farmers through the retailers. (More, MP3)

Eye on Activists
Successful Farming - Mid-February, 2009
All farmers - even those who grow only crops - have a big stake in the animal rights activism, explains Philip Lobo in this interview with Successful Farming. Livestock and poultry consume 98% of soybean meal, and 46% of corn. In this interview, Lobo addresses the most significant current issues in the animal welfare arena. (More)

The Graduates
Meatingplace - December 2008
This article from Meatingplace points out that a new generation of lawyers priming for careers in animal law could create new headaches for producers and processors alike. In fact, they already are. (More)

What smells in Washington, D.C.? Recent emissions from a biased commission
Progressive Dairyman - June 17, 2008
This opinion piece blasts the recent recommendations of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production. It questions the lack of transparency in the process used to select commissioners and points out where lack of expertise from commission members resulted in serious shortcomings in the recommendations. The article also points out where agriculture must go from here to combat the misrepresentations in the report. (More)

NPR Interview on Pew Commission Report
Kojo Nnamdi show (NPR affiliate WAMU) - May 7, 2008
Broadcast live from the WAMU studios in Washington, DC, this half-hour interview features Kay Johnson Smith, Executive Vice President of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, and Bob Martin, Executive Director of the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production. The first part of the program gives voice to the Commission's negative report. When Johnson Smith joins the discussion, she provides a solid counterpoint to the supposedly balanced report.

She objects to the negative terms used to describe modern agriculture. Johnson Smith then indicates that many of the farms most impacted by the Commission's recommendations would be small farms. She points out that removing non-therapeutic use of antibiotics will have negative impacts on the welfare and health of both animals and humans. She also relates that one of the commissioners, after touring a poultry facility said, "You have story to tell. This is an amazing operation." (More, WMA, 1.60 MB)