Animal Ag Fights Attacks with Education

摘要

Animal rights activist groups have long attacked every aspect of the animal production industry and continue to gain support by distributing misinformation about agriculture's toll on the environment. Thanks to their use of controversial gimmicks andcelebrity endorsements, they've experienced a fair amount of success with campaigns like "Meatless Mondays" and "Rather go naked than wear These messages easily reach the eyes and ears of America's youth by simply turning on the TV or driving past a highway billboard, and counter messages are seemingly nowhere in sight. The environmental claims even appeared to be backed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) at one point.