A few years ago, I interviewed an author here by the name of Ted McClelland, a former Michigander who, as you might recall, had stirred up a little bit of a shit storm after referring to our home state as “Michissippi” in an article on Salon.com about our passage of so-called right-to-work legislation. “Michigan,” said […]
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The Porking of Michigan: We were promised high-tech jobs. Instead, we were given a pork processing plant.
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged cheap labor, Clemens Food Group, Coldwater, Community Development Block Grant, Doug Clemens, food processing, gut snatcher, hogs, lame duck, meat production, MEDC, Michigan Strategic Fund, Michissippi, Pennsylvania, pigs, pork, pork processing, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, slaughter, Ted McClelland 23 Comments
Temple Grandin to speak in Ann Arbor on September 9
It’s just been announced that noted animal scientist and advocate for the autistic, Temple Grandin – a woman recently immortalized on film by Claire Danes, and honored as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people – will be coming to speak at U-M as part of the School of Art & Design’s Penny W. […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Other, Science Also tagged autism, calming, cattle, Claire Danes, cows, grazing, hug machine, humane slaughter of cattle, hypersensitive, livestock, meat, Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitor Series, School of Art & Design, slaughter house design, stress reduction, Temple Grandin, The Woman Who Thinks Like A Cow, Thinking in Pictures, University of Michigan 12 Comments