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INFOSHOP NEWS – April 23, 2008
Portland: TEN-01 Drops Foie Gras

TELEGRAPH – April 03, 2008
Foie gras spurs Duke to boycott Selfridges

YORKSHIRE EVENING POST – March 07, 2008
Foie gras driven off Leeds menus

THE PRESS ASSOCIATION – February 20, 2008
Store halts duck foie gras sales

TIMES HERALD-RECORD – February 13, 2008
Wages ruffle feathers of poultry-plant workers

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS – December 13, 2007
'Cruel' dish off menu

ASSOCIATED CONTENT – November 29, 2007
Foie gras a 'diseased' food, animal welfare groups say

EVENING NEWS 24 – October 31, 2007
Council says no to foie gras

4 HOTELIERS – October 8, 2007
Restaurants boycott foie gras

BBC NEWS – October 4, 2007
Councillors approve foie gras ban

YOUTUBE.COM – October 4, 2007
BBC Look North - foie gras

ABC 7 CHICAGO – September 7, 2007
River north restaurant shut down by city health department

DESERET MORNING NEWS – August 8, 2007
Animal activists decry delicacy

THE TIMES – August 4, 2007
Foie gras leaves bad taste at Harvey Nicks

THE INDEPENDENT – August 3, 2007
Harvey Nichols to ban foie gras before protests

NPR – July 21, 2007
Calling cruelty a 'cultural trait' doesn't excuse it

STAR-GAZETTE – July 13, 2007
Animal abuse in Canada prompts Farm Sanctuary action

THE GLOBE AND MAIL – July 11, 2007
Activists go undercover to curb Quebec's foie gras appetite

VENTURA COUNTY STAR – July 3, 2007
Foie gras may be health hazard

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – June 26, 2007
You may want to reconsider foie gras

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER – June 25, 2007
Is foie gras a health hazard?

CHICAGO READER – June 22, 2007
When activists attack

REUTERS – June 19, 2007
Geese get revenge: Paté may cause rare disease

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – June 13, 2007
Judge tosses lawsuit challenging foie gras ban

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – June 13, 2007
Judge says foie gras ban just ducky

THE PRESS – June 9, 2007
Store bans sale of foie gras

PET HEALTH CARE– June 7, 2007
Foie gras should be banned say Britons

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS– June 7, 2007
It's time to ban foie gras, the trifecta of misery

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER – June 3, 2007
City's foie gras foes put heat on chefs

24dash.COM– May 29, 2007
RSPCA call to ban foie gras

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – April 18, 2007
So what's Doug gonna do with 30 pounds of frozen foie gras?

THE PRESS– March 30, 2007
MPs sign motion to ban foie gras from UK

CBS 2 CHICAGO– March 29, 2007
Hot dog stand owner pleads guilty to foie gras use

Los Angeles Times – March 22, 2007
Puck says it's time to hold the foie gras

New York Times (New York Times Login Required) – March 22, 2007
Celebrity chef announces strict animal-welfare policy

York Press – March 16, 2007
Paul’s paté problems...

Riverside Brookfield Landmark – March 13, 2007
Local state representative wants to outlaw goose liver delicacy

York Press – March 9, 2007
Foie gras fight goes to No 10

New York Times (New York Times Login Required) – March 4, 2007
Praise for foie gras fortifies its critics

The Brooklyn Paper – February 17, 2007
Fowl play: Fairway ducks foie gras flap

THIS IS LONDON – February 6, 2007
Boycott this cruel delicacy, says Minister

THE SUN – February 2, 2007
Fairway's foie gras sign irks upper west side activists

BBC News Magazine – January 26, 2007
The holy grail of foie gras?

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – January 24, 2007
Expand foie gras ban to all of Illinois

The Independent – January 24, 2007
Councillor tries to remove 'cruel' foie gras from city restaurants menus

York Press – January 23, 2007
Foie gras could be banned in ground-breaking move

TIMES UNION (Albany) – December 27, 2006
Ducks raised for pate live short, tortured lives

METRO NEW YORK – December 12, 2006
The next city ban? Foie gras foes emboldened by New York’s trans fat restriction

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES – September 27, 2006
Council urged to duck repeal of foie gras ban

NBC5 NEWS (Chicago) – September 26, 2006
City officials still grapple over foie gras – Please vote on poll! (Top right box, first item)

ABC7 NEWS (Chicago) – September 26, 2006
Foie gras ban back in spotlight

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – September 26, 2006
Foie gras opponents urge city not to repeal ban

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – September 21, 2006
How does faux foie gras taste? Our critic knows

SOUTHWEST NEWS-HERALD (Chicago) – September 20, 2006
Fattened political egos garnish bloated duck liver (pdf file)

NBC 5 NEWS (Chicago) – September 19, 2006
Rabbis rail against reversal of foie gras ban

ABC7 NEWS (Chicago) – September 19, 2006
Jewish leaders urge against repeal of foie gras ban

NBC5 News (Chicago) – September 12, 2006
Council: was foie gras ban a faux pas? – Please vote on poll! (Top right box, first item)

Western Daily Press – August 31, 2006
Delicacy that heaps shame on the entire luxury food industry

The Record – August 27, 2006
Foie gras could become faux pas in New Jersey

Press of Atlantic City – August 26, 2006
Lawmaker proposes banning production of foie gras in New Jersey

Chicago Tribune – August 23, 2006
Chicago's wild foie gras chase – Please vote on poll!

Hartford Courant – July 25, 2006
Cruelty claims may foil foie gras

Inquirer and Mirror – July 21, 2006
Vanessa Noel opens "green" hotel

Miami New Times – July 13, 2006
Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but do our chefs give a duck?

Epoch Times Chicago – July 6, 2006
Delicacy or cruelty

New York Times (New York Times Login Required) – June 22, 2006
Animal rights groups ask New York to ban foie gras

Baltimore Sun – June 20, 2006
A hunger for humane foods

River Reporter – June 2006
Foie gras targeted again by animal rights group

Ithaca Times – June 14, 2006
Taxpayers fight

Times Herald-Record – June 7, 2006
Foie gras plant is target of lawsuit

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Animal Protection Groups File Legal Petition Asking USDA to Declare Foie Gras Unfit for Human Consumption. Read more.

On Tuesday, April 29, the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production released the results of a two and a half year study, confirming what farm animal advocates have long known: that confining farm animals inside tiny crates and cages, subjecting them to routine mutilations, force feeding them, and pumping them full of antibiotics is an untenable situation. The Pew Commission provides additional, compelling and irrefutable data to prohibit these abuses. Read more.

Farm Sanctuary Releases Statement On Fire At Foie Gras Facility That Killed 15,000. Read more.


INFOSHOP NEWS – April 23, 2008
Portland: TEN-01 Drops Foie Gras

TELEGRAPH – April 03, 2008
Foie gras spurs Duke to boycott Selfridges

YORKSHIRE EVENING POST – March 07, 2008
Foie gras driven off Leeds menus