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He took an Uber car uptown to IPG Mediabrands, an advertising firm, where he was due to give a speech. “I think some folks from Applebee’s are going to be in the house,” he said. “I’m more of a caffeine-free, gluten-free, raw-food sort of guy, but I am able to find something to like in every brand once I hear their story.”
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“Even ‘pasture-raised’ can be misleading. When I visited Joel Salatin’s farm in Virginia, I saw his ‘pasture-raised’ chickens, who were on pasture and also crowded into wire enclosures with low, corrugated metal roofs. They were overheating, some with open-mouth breathing. These chickens, like practically all chickens exploited for meat, were genetically bred to grow much faster than normal. The birds’ hearts and lungs have difficulty supporting such growth rates, and many die of heart attacks at just a few weeks old. The unventilated, cramped enclosures were not good for the welfare of these ‘pasture-raised’ birds.”
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Turnball is an 84-year-old resident who tends to the four chicken coops outside his bungalow. But these chickens are valued as companions, not commodities, and residents have shown reduced depression and loneliness since meeting their new feathered friends. “These hens bring much more than just good company. Resident Thomas Cresswell says, “My life has been a lot fuller since we’ve had these hens. I think I’d be lost without them.”
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