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The
humane treatment of farm
animals
begins with a basic
building block:
animals that have
time to live
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Unlike pure bred chickens, Sophia (below) has
heartbreaking industrial genetics that give her
a life of 6 to 8 weeks. She
doesn't have time to live. What if she isn't
sold to market? She will die nevertheless after
11 weeks. Pushed for absolute weight gain in a
dark shed, she will suffer from bone fractures,
splayed limbs, deformities and wing-beating
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From jammed, barren sheds and the
disease of imprisonment, act now to move
Sophia to a farm where she can perch,
fly and dustbathe. |
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Give generously to support a breakthrough
program for animals that live longer,
develop a natural immunity, can roam and forage
and naturally fertilize the land. |
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Improve the lives of animals today by
becoming an agent of change through
a simple but powerful act! |
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For many
species, no escape
as temperature rises: |
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Industrial agriculture
has permanently altered the ability of
genetics to adapt to climate change and
disease and it has brought immense
suffering to animals.
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| Transform the face of agriculture by
sponsoring farms that raise resilient
non-industrial animals outdoors, as they were
intended to be. |
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We are helping farms move towards the
kind of natural agriculture that farmers
and governments around the world are turning to - a
revolutionary change.
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Bring a miracle to a farm in India that lives depend on
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raise enough food to feed his family, sell the
surplus to local markets, and fight for his
right to a livelihood. Economists predict that India
will have to import over 250 million tons of
rice and wheat this year. With the prices of
lentils and rice higher than ever before, and
with the twin engines of severe drought followed
by flooding, both sharing equal responsibility
in the destruction of crops
raised for food, any further rise will affect
many, many destitute Indians already well below
poverty level.
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Millions have been forced into a debt trap.
Thousands have resorted to distress sale of land, their animals
and other belongings. There are already stories
of farmers who have sold their wives and their
daughters into brothels -- bringing untold
misery.
Their animals are the tiniest
victims -- with no farm income left for
nutrient-dense feed, they become malnourished,
are left to fend for themselves or are sold into
harsh conditions. |
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Industrial agriculture
has over the past 50
years brought to India
lines of livestock that
can't adapt to its harsh
environment, and that
have poor resistance to
disease, leaving small
farmers without a source
of employment.
We are working with
these farmers to
help them raise healthy
lines of livestock and
drought-resistant crops
and plants that restore
degraded land. PGI is
changing the impact of
climate change on the
world's most vulnerable
and helping entire
villages fight for the
right to survival in
precedent-setting ways. |
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We are the
first international
development program to
include high mandatory
standards for the humane
treatment of farm
animals. |
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Donate one bamboo treadle
pump
(irrigates 1/2 acre):
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$25.00
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Buy 1/2 acre of
farmland
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small landless farmer: |
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$500.00
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