EBAA to introduce the 'Human Battery Cage' to Lunardi's Supermarket on June 10

Date: Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Time: Noon - 1:30 pm

Location: Lunardi's, 1085 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont (Inside the Carlmont Village Shopping Center)

Join East Bay Animal Advocates for fun advocacy to encourage Lunardi's Supermarket to stop selling eggs from caged hens. A life-size battery cage-confining humans instead of chickens-will be on display at Lunardi's Belmont store!

Online at www.LunardisAbuse.com.

New: Monthly Benefit for East Bay Animal Advocates at Pizza Plaza

Monthly Funding Evenings at Pizza Plaza to Benefit EBAA

Enjoy delicious vegan pizza & support local animal protection efforts! Join East Bay Animal Advocates the first Tuesday of every month at Pizza Plaza, the Bay Area's only meat-free pizzeria. From 5 PM to closing, Pizza Plaza (online at www.veganplaza.com) will donate ten-percent of your bill to EBAA.

For dine-in or take-out orders:

Visit Pizza Plaza at 6211 Shattuck Avenue in Oakland

For delivery orders:

Call (510) 420-1433

Online at www.SupportEBAA.org.

May 14th: Lunardi's Call-In Day

In honor of National Egg Month, East Bay Animal Advocates is calling on members of the public to contact Lunardi's Supermarket at (650) 588-7507 to urge the company to stop selling eggs from caged birds. Please call between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM PST this Monday.

Visit LunardisAbuse.com!

May 19th: Day of Action Against Lunardi's

On Saturday, May 19th, join East Bay Animal Advocates in urging Lunardi's Supermarket to stop selling eggs from caged chickens.

EBAA will host three activities:

Customer Outreach at Danville Store

Date: Saturday, May 19th

Time: 11:00 - Noon

Place: Lunardi's Supermarket, 345 Railroad Avenue, Danville

Customer Outreach at Walnut Creek Store

Date: Saturday, May 19th

Time: 12:30 - 1:30

Place: Lunardi's Supermarket, 1600 Palos Verdes Mall (Geary & Pleasant Hill Road), Walnut Creek

Letters to Lunardi's (Plus Free Pizza)

Date: Saturday, May 19th

Time: 4:00 - 5:00

Location: Pizza Plaza, 6211 Shattuck Ave, Oakland

To RSVP, email volunteer@eastbayanimaladvocates.org.

Upcoming EBAA Service Days at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary!

Join East Bay Animal Advocates on the second Saturday of every month (10am- 2pm) for service days at Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary in Stockton.

To participate, please send an email to volunteer@eastbayanimaladvocates.org. Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary was formed to aid homeless and abuseddomestic and farmed animals in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Joaquin valley. Learn more at www.HarvestHomeAnimal.org.

*Upcoming Service Dates*

Saturday, May 12, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007

Please wear comfortable clothes and plan on getting dirty. Snacks willbe provided for good workers!

See you at the farm :)

Foster Fluff!!!!

Foster Farms, with a solid record of animal neglect complaints, now "wants to be America's most trusted food company"! Read the full story: http://www.fosterfarms.com/docs/249979.pdf

Click here to ask Foster Farms to improve conditions for birds and stop misleading consumers.

Interesting Editorial about Olivera's Egg Farm Proposal

This plan lays a big egg
April 04, 2007

We're less concerned about protecting chickens than questioning the scale of a proposed egg-producing operation near the 11,000-home River Islands development in Lathrop.

A 900,000-hen farm simply doesn't seem appropriate in a rapidly growing suburban area.
Agriculture remains San Joaquin County's No. 1 industry, and much of it needs to be protected from encroaching development.

However, a new operation of such magnitude should be located a lot farther from residential neighborhoods.

The Olivera Family Limited Partnership, which already owns a similar operation in nearby French Camp, has made significant adjustments since first proposing the egg ranch a year ago. Initial plans were larger and even closer to River Islands.

The 242,000-square-foot operation is still too big and too close.

The plan again has drawn strong and justifiable opposition from residents, developers and city officials in Lathrop.

Animal-rights activists also have protested. Their opposition is naive, predictable and overheated.

When county planners review this latest proposal, they must consider:

» Environmental impacts, including potential air-quality decline and the dangers should a flood occur.

» Foul odors from chicken waste.

» The agriculture-urban interface. Is this a compatible land use so close to Lathrop?

» The San Jose-based Olivera company's spotty record with codes and regulations in both San Joaquin and Santa Clara counties.

This isn't exactly a "Which came first? The chicken or the egg" proposition. It is, however, a reflection of San Joaquin County in transition.

Agriculture is healthy, but contracting. New housing is healthier, and expanding.

Online at http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070404/A_OPINION01/704040318/-1/A_OPINION06

Write a letter: Letters must be 250 words or less. Include your full name, address and phone number. Email your letter to editor@recordnet.com.