Fitzgerald Wild Chicken Festival

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Fitgerald, GA, seems to have the only party around for feral chickens. Going on a decade, the Wild Chicken Festival now attracts about 10,000 people each March–far more than the controversial rattlesnake roundup it replaced. The town happens to have fancy-looking Burmese chickens all year long.

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World Will Either Need 2x as Much Meat by 2050 or We Could Eat a Little Less

In-N-Out Veggie Burger

Even USDA data shows meat consumption actually shrinking in the last few years, both here and abroad. The typical U.S. household at 43 kilograms of beef a year in 2006, but has cut back to 39.3 kg–a 9% decrease.

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One Day Left to Get Celebrity Goods and Experiences for Farm Sanctuary

You’ve got one day to swoop in and buy lunch with a celebrity, or at least Dennis Kucinich, to support cows, pigs, chickens and other farm animals. his time it’s at and for Farm Sanctuary, which fights for animals stuck in agribusiness. Right now you can get a Kim Bassinger-signed shirt for $125 and there are still some good deals for the chance to meet Joan Jett or the B-52s before a concert.

Animal lovers have already bid up the price on a prop crest from the Twilight series to $3,250.  Lunch or dinner with vegan Congressman Dennis Kucinich is already getting pricey at $750. That’s the same current price as a tour of Ed Begley’s famous eco house–including lunch.

Ellen Degeneres is running the auction with her wife Porti de Rossi. T Earlier this year she cleared out her closet and sold her personal junk on eBay, which earned $70,000 for the Humane Society of the United States, according to auction company Kompolt. 

Ellen isn’t selling her personal stuff–just two VIP tickets to Ellen. But it is a personal cause. Ellen is vegan and explains on her website why: “I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings. And I just couldn’t disconnect myself from it any longer.”

If you can’t afford the glamorous items, check out Farm Sanctuary’s store  Visit the

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