I recently read that organic farmers may not give medicine to animals who are suffering because the farmer can get a higher price for their meat and milk if the animals retain organic status. Studies have found that up to one-third of pigs on some organic farms are suffering from untreated infections, and reports also state that organic pigs often suffer from internal and external parasites, which could be passed on to the people who eat them. Organic chickens on some farms suffer from higher mortality rates than drugged chickens because extremely crowded and filthy housing conditions can lead to parasites and cannibalism. When the udders of cows on organic dairy farms become infected from frequent milkings, many farmers don’t give the cows medicine because then their milk would lose the organic label, which allows the product to be sold at a higher price…
So my question is, do you still feel good about eating organic or has this changed your mind?
For anyone who thinks im being one sided or biased I can assure you I am not. I am not a vegetarian but have been considering it for health reasons & in doing some research on the subject this is just something I came across. I was surprised by this information & thought I would share it & get oppinions. I am also sorry if this should of been in another category, I have not posted a Q on here before.

The essay prompt is: In what way do you feel you are different from your peers, and how will this shape your contribution to the Notre Dame community?
My ideas for topics are
1. having four little sisters
2. living on a farm with all kinds of animals: pigs, chickens, rabbits, horses, dogs, cats, an a few others
3. always looking for a challenge
*going ahead in math in fourth grade
*even applying to a nearly ivy league school which sounds crazy to my peers at my school

ok here it goes:

there is a roster. his name is cocky. Cocky like to f**k every thing on the farm.

He has f**k the cat, dog,chickens, horse,cow,pig,and yes even the other roster. and now he was board with them and was looking for someon new.

One day the farmer come out and tells cocky," You know Cocky, one day ur gone f**k your self to death one day. im not gonna warn you again." and he walks off.

Well, about two days later, the farmer is out walking around and sees cocky lying on the ground dying, and buzzards are circling him. " i told ya Cocky, yous was gonna f**k yer self to death one day, didn’t i? What you got to say fer yer self,eh?"

Cocky just rased his wing, and pointed up, "shh. wate till they come down."

what do YOU think he was going to do?
shadow got it!!!

A farmer has pigs and chickens. She counted 140 eyes and 200 legs. How many pigs and how many chickens were there? Equation and answer please.

so i was watching this video a girl posted on the bulletin for myspace and it was about how animals in the farm cows pigs ,chickens oh yea chickens especially were abused the farmer would like hit chickens with a metal bar and then some people would stomp on them this is terrible and for thecows omg i feel terrible for them they would get shocked with a barb and then the farmer would slit his throat alive and what really bothers me here is that these animals never get any fresh air for not 1 part of their lives , they are always stuck in this weird building in metal cages so i want to know if anyone else feels this way or has had no idea this was going on because i know i didnt know any of this was going on…. but i did know they eventually kill these animals for food ..i just didnt know they abused them this badly

It was set on a farm. All the animals were puppets, while the farmer was an actual person. There was a point in the show where he would draw something. As well as go visit the rabbit in the garden and she would sing to him. There was a horse, pig, and chickens, and an old dog.

A farmer has 100.00$
He goes to the market and buys 100 animals.
Cows are 10$
Pig are 3$
Chickens are .50 cents
How many of each animal does he buy.
Rules are 100$ is all he has
must have 100 animals
any assortment of animal is allowed

A farmer looks out into his yard and sees both pigs and chickens. He counts 63 heads and 146 feet. How many pigs does he have?

1. a farmer has some pigs and some chickens. he finds that together they have 70 heads and 200 legs. how many pigs and chickens does he have?

2. find the next 2 numbers in the following sequence. 1 2 3 _ _

3. you are given 4 separate pieces of chain that are each 3 links and length. it costs 2$ to open a link and 3$ to close a link. all links are closed at the beginning of the problem. your goal is to join all 12 links of chain into a single circle at a cost of no more than 15$

4. 3 joggers named fred herman and joe are jogging toward the country club. fred always tells the truth, herman sometimes tells the truth, wheras joe never does. find out who the joggers are after the following statements were given.
1s jogger: the jogger in the middle is fred
2nd jogger: im herman
3rd jogger: the first jogger is joe!

5. a mountain man, making his annual trip to town to obtain supplies and visit firneds, came to a river which he most cross. his possessions include a pet wolf, a goat, and sack of carrots. the only available boat with which to cross the river is very small and can carry no more than the traveler and one of his possessions. he man realizes that if left together, the goat will eat the carrots and the wolf will dine on the goat. how can the man transport his belongings to the other side of the river and still keep them intact?

6. it all happened in a far off land. 3 soldiers and 3 captive mercenaries became lost. all were unarmed and when they came to a river they had to cross.all agreed to travel together peacefully. to cross the river they found a small boat that would hold only 2 ppl. although the mercenaries seemed friendly enough. the soldiers didnt intend to make any unnecessary chances, even if they lost their prisoners. how did all six of these people get across the river in the boat without the mercenaries outnumbering the soldiers at any time?

7. a rope is passed over a frictionless pulley, which is suspended from a rafter. on the rafter, directly above the pulley, there is a bunch of bananas. on one end of the rope there is a weight that exactly balances the weight of the monkey that is on the other end. the monkey is attempting to climb up the rope in order to reach the bananas. now that you have all the facts, here is the question: as the monkey climbs the rope, will he rise above the weight or sink below it?

8. there are 5 volumes in a set of books placed in order on a library shelf. each volume of the set is 5 cm. thick. a bookworm starts on the 1st page of volume 1 and eats through to the last page of volume 5. in the thickness of the covers is disregarded, through what distance does the bookwork eat?

"A farmer has 30 pigs and 28 chickens. How many did not?"

Hint: the answer is a number, and it is within the riddle!