by Audrey Kali | Jul 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
We visited Eric Shelley and his family on his farm in Cobleskill, New York, on July 14th 2012. We wanted to learn more about what he does when he is not teaching students about humane slaughter, cutting and packing. On this very hot July Saturday, the main task... 
by Audrey Kali | Jul 15, 2012 | News
On July 11th we visited Terri Lawton on her farm in Foxboro, MA. This three hundred year-old farm, which has been in the Lawton family for generations, is a welcome anomaly in the vicinity of Gillette Stadium. We were privileged to be invited to watch her milk her... 
by Audrey Kali | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Perhaps the ultimate metamorphosis is for an animal to go from being a living being to being a sausage. Nothing about a sausage looks like flesh or bone. But Eric Shelley tells us that “we can’t stop thinking about the fact that this was once a living... 
by Audrey Kali | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
David and I visited Eric Shelley at the SUNY Cobleskill Meat Lab again today and learned more about humane slaughter. He spent a lot of time explaining to his students how to determine if a stun has been done correctly and if an animal has lost consciousness. We had... 
by Audrey Kali | Jun 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week I was invited to give a presentation about my research on humane slaughter at The Rhetoric of Human-Animal Relations Workshop at the University of Oslo, May 29th – 30th 2012. The workshop, organized by Kristian Bjørkdahl, was sponsored by the... 
by Audrey Kali | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, April 3rd, in the Brant Gallery of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, we had our first public work-in-progress screening of Abattoir Rising: The Missing Link Between Pasture and Plate. We started the 26-minute Work Sample at 6:30pm, and... 
by Audrey Kali | Oct 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Saturday, October 22nd, we visited Eric Shelley’s farm in Cobleskill, New York. Eric is the director of the Meat Processing Program at SUNY Cobleskill, and invited us to tour his 138-acre farm, meet his family, and learn how he raises his animals humanely on... 
by Audrey Kali | Oct 1, 2011 | News
Terri Lawton and I look closely at Rainy, the granddaughter of Jackal whom I met in 2009. Terri told us that Ayrshires are a rarer breed of milk cow from the Scottish Highlands that are great for cheeses. Most dairy cows are Holsteins (the black and white ones).... 
by Audrey Kali | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
We went to Miles Smith Farm in Loudon, New Hampshire, to film for our fundraising campaign. Ed Slattery did a wonderful job with the filming, and Susan Kaup, our Marketing Manager, took on the role of site photographer. Through her eyes and lenses we have the... 
by Audrey Kali | Sep 6, 2011 | News
There were several key people that we needed to interview because of their knowledge of humane slaughter and their involvement in changing policy. We first spoke with Lisa Shames, Director of Natural Resources and the Environment, at the Government...