News Clips
The Alliance works hard to ensure we provide your one-stop-shop for news related to all things animal agriculture. Every day, our staff combs through hundreds of clips and catalogues the most relevant under the following headings: Alliance in the News; Animal Activists; Animal Welfare; Legislation; Business; and Science. Our Resource Library is searchable by category, keyword, tags and date, and includes historical articles on animal welfare and the animal rights movement, some dating back over 30 years!
Press Releases
Established in 1987, the Animal Agriculture Alliance works to provide a better understanding of the role animal agriculture plays in providing a safe, abundant food supply to a hungry world. View a chronological listing of press releases issued by the Alliance. For more information or press requests, please contact Hannah Thompson-Weeman by calling 703-562-1413. All press releases can be found in our resource library.
May 18, 2017
May 3, 2017
Alliance Authored Articles
PETA confirms what we all knew - they are not above "fake news", Meatingplace
Connecting to protect animal ag, Meatingplace
Get the facts on Global Animal Partnership, Meatingplace
Doctors without scruples, Meatingplace
Books and movies you can skip adding to your Spring Break packing list, Meatingplace
Hug your haters, Meatingplace
New lows for animal rights activists, Meatingplace
Turning 30 isn't so bad; we are celebrating it, Meatingplace
"Alternative Facts" about meat production, Meatingplace
Fake News is Nothing New to Agriculture, Drovers
Loss of Ringling Bros is a sad day for aninmal agriculture, Meatingplace
Help your friends leave "Meatless Mondays" out of their New Year's resolutions, Meatingplace
Reviewing the animal rights movement's biggest strategies in 2016, Meatingplace
Advocate for your industry, Bovine Veterinarian
Animal rights activists bully veterinarians, Pork Network
Is "fake meat" the future?, Meatingplace
Alliance Blog
By Casey Whitaker,
Communications Manager
Date: 5/10/2017
Animal rights activists masquerading as consumers...
Consumer demand is powerful. It can be the champion of a company’s success or the culprit of their failure. What I find even more interesting is how consumer demand is defined. Does a group of people with no intention of ever buying a restaurant’s product qualify as their consumer? With the avalanche of recent restaurant and retail pledges caving to pressure from animal rights organizations, it seems so.
At the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s recent Stakeholders Summit, speakers offered insights about consumer demand – suggesting consumers aren’t the ones demanding restaurants and grocery stores to change their supply chain policies at all. Dr. Dan Thomson of Kansas State University stated, “activists today are masquerading as the consumers.”
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Media Contact
Reporters looking for information on specific issues can contact the Alliance's Director of Communications Hannah Thompson-Weeman at 703-562-1413 or hthompson@animalagalliance.org. We have a subject-matter expert list available upon request. Please also see our Resource Library for additional information.
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