Bees are obviously associated with honey but consumers are generally unaware of how crucial bees are to human food production. It is estimated that one third of our plant products depends on the bee pollination. Honeybees and the wild honeybee…
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Consumer Alert – Open Letter to Bee Kind
Tagged with: AFB, American Foulbrood, animal rights, animal treatment, Bee Breeders, Bee colonies, Bee Conservation, Bee Kind, BeeKind, Bees, Campaigns, Grabouw, Grass Consumer Alert, Greg Aberdeen, Open Letter to Bee Kind, Sonia Mountford, Western Cape Bees, Wild Bees
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Posted in CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS
We’re all invited…
We’re all invited… to participate in public hearings on the Agricultural Product Standards Amendment Bill 2014, taking place around the country during the month of April 2015. See link below for schedule of when they’ll be in your area .1…
Tagged with: animal rights, animal treatment, animals, Certified Karoo Meat, Checkers Supermarket, Consumer Awareness South Africa, DAFF, Free Range protocols, Labelling, Organic, South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FARM, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, freerange, LABELLING, PIG FARMING, POULTRY FARMING
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DAIRY, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, FARM, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, freerange, LABELLING, PIG FARMING, POULTRY FARMING
Consumer Action Alert
Tagged with: animal rights, animals, Cape Town, Checkers Supermarket, consumer alert, Consumer Awareness South Africa, Customer concerns, Factory farming, gestation crates, press release, sow crates, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER ALERT, CONSUMER AWARENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL FARMING HAZARDS, PICK N PAY, PnP, Producers of meat, RETAILERS, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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Mindful Eating # 10
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Our biggest smile yet…
Goes to the small, hard working and unflinching team of The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) for all the effort they put into protecting the animals of South Africa. Sometimes, in their investigations, even being…
Tagged with: animal rights, animal treatment, Checkers Supermarket, Consumer Awareness South Africa, Factory farming, NSPCA, South Africa consumer protection act
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD LOVERS MARKET, FRIDAY SMILE, GWK, MINDFUL EATING, PIG FARMING, PIGGERY, POULTRY FARMING, Producers of meat, RETAILERS
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD LOVERS MARKET, FRIDAY SMILE, GWK, MINDFUL EATING, PIG FARMING, PIGGERY, POULTRY FARMING, Producers of meat, RETAILERS
NSPCA Discovers Yet More Cruelty
NSPCA Discovers Yet More Cruelty Please scroll down to view the response from the retailers… A routine inspection of the GWK Abattoir and feedlot in De Aar in the Northern Cape by NSPCA Senior Inspector Grace Le Lange, uncovered yet…
Tagged with: Abattoirs, animal rights, animals, Checkers Supermarket, Customer concerns, Food Lovers Market, Fruit & Veg City, GWK Meat, NSPCA, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD LOVERS MARKET, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GWK, RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, FOOD LOVERS MARKET, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GWK, RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Mindful Monday #6
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Tagged with: animal rights, animal treatment, animals, Coconut Cream, Coconut Oil, Eggplant, Healthy Recipes, Meatless, Mindful Eating, Mindful Monday
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Mindful Monday #2
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Tagged with: animal rights, Banting, Banting Meatless Monday, Coconut, Consumer Awareness South Africa, Factory farming, Healthy Recipes, Meatless Monday, Mindful Eating, Paleo, Tomatoes, Vegetarian
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Posted in MINDFUL EATING
Mindful Monday #1
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Tagged with: animal rights, animal treatment, Customer concerns, Eggs, Factory farming, Free Range Lies, Healthy Recipes, MindfulEating Recipe, South Africa consumer protection act
Posted in ANIMAL PROTECTION, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, GLYPHOSATE, GMO, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, NUTRITION, Producers of meat, RETAILERS, Samic
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Help a Pig Out
If you would like any further information then please email us (grassconsumergroup@gmail.com) or view the below links See the background to this story here: http://www.travelwrite.co.za/pig-industrys-filthy-secrets/ http://www.travelwrite.co.za/no-sappo-we-wont-go/ http://www.biznews.com/health/2014/07/03/go-whole-hog-woolies-pnp-face-horrors-pig-farming/ https://grassconsumeraction.wordpress.com/pig-farming/ For more information on pig farming concerns visit the websites…
Tagged with: animal cruelty, animal protection act, animal rights, animal treatment, animals, Checkers Supermarket, CHRISTMAS PORK, Customer concerns, emerging infectious diseases, Enviroment, factory, Factory farming, farrowing crates, Free range, Glen Oaks, pig cruelty, Pig Farming, pig farming in South Africa, pork in South Africa, SAPPO, sow crates, Woolworths South Africa
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, PASTURE REARED, PICK N PAY, PIG FARMING, PIGGERY, PnP, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, Samic, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
Posted in ANIMAL HEALTH ISSUES, CONSUMER AWARENESS, DIETS, FREE RANGE SPECIFICATIONS IN SA, GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS, HUMAN HEALTH ISSUES & FOOD, PASTURE REARED, PICK N PAY, PIG FARMING, PIGGERY, PnP, PUBLIC HEALTH, RETAILERS, Samic, SOUTH AFRICA RETAILERS, WOOLWORTHS
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