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BERNIE SANDERS BACKS BILL TO BAN FACTORY FARMING BY 2040

伯尼·桑德斯力挺到2040年取缔工厂化养殖业的法案

The Vermont Senator is co-sponsoring the Farm System Reform Act, which aims to dissolve the meat industry monopoly by eliminating the country’s largest factory farms.

这名美国佛蒙特州参议员成为了《农场系统改革法》（Farm System Reform Act）的共同提案人（co-sponsor）；该法案旨在通过淘汰该国大型的工厂化农场（factory farms），彻底打破肉类行业的垄断。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

AUGUST 5, 2020

2020年8月5日

This week, former presidential candidate and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) signed on as a sponsor of the Farm System Reform Act (FSRA). Vegan Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced FSRA in December. FSRA aims to transition animal agriculture away from factory farming by banning the opening of new large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and limiting the growth of existing CAFOs in the meat and dairy sector. The bill also aims to phase out the largest CAFOs—as defined by the Environmental Protection Agency—by 2040 and hold large meatpackers accountable for the pollution they create. In May, FSRA gained co-sponsors Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and House Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA)—who introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. 

美国前总统候选人伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）（民主党-佛蒙特州）参议员在本周正式成为《农场系统改革法》（FSRA）的一名共同提案人。这个FSRA法案是由纯素参议员科里·布克（Cory Booker）（民主党-新泽西州）在去年十二月提出的。FSRA法案旨在通过禁止肉类和奶制品行业开办新的大规模集中式动物饲养场（CAFO），同时限制现有集中式动物饲养场的增长，从而使动物农业逐渐摆脱工厂化养殖模式。该法案还进一步规定，到2040年完全淘汰由美国环境保护署（EPA）定义的大型集中式动物饲养场，并勒令大型肉类加工商（meatpacker）对其所造成的污染承担责任。今年五月份，FSRA法案增加了两名共同提案人：伊丽莎白·沃伦（Elizabeth Warren）（民主党-马萨诸塞州）参议员和罗·康纳（Ro Khanna）（民主党-加利福尼亚州）众议员──后者已在美国众议院（House of Representatives）提出了一项对等法案（companion legislation）。

FSRA is gaining traction amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has exposed the inefficiencies and zoonotic disease potential of the heavily consolidated meat industry—which is controlled by only a few multinational companies in a virtual monopoly. “Factory farming is not only an urgent environmental, justice, and ethical issue but also an issue of public health,” Michael Webermann, US Executive Director of nonprofit ProVeg International, said. “Mega-farms have taken over the agriculture sector, leaving fewer choices for consumers and creating a breeding ground for future pathogens because animals are cramped tightly together in severe, unsanitary conditions. We’ve long known that factory farms pollute the air, contaminate water, and destroy biodiversity. But now that we are living the consequences of a global pandemic, we can no longer stand idly by without change.”

数量很少的一些跨国公司实质上垄断控制了高度集中化的肉类行业，COVID-19（2019冠状病毒病）大流行已经暴露了该行业的低效无能及其产生人畜共通传染病（zoonotic disease）的可能性，FSRA法案在疫情蔓延期间也越来越受到人们的广泛关注。“工厂化养殖业（factory farming）不仅是一个紧迫的环境、正义和道德问题，而且也是一个公共卫生问题，”非营利组织ProVeg International（“国际促进素食”）的美国执行总经理迈克尔·韦伯曼（Michael Webermann）说道。“大型农场已经掌控了农业行业，留给消费者的选择所剩无几，而且还造成了未来病原体滋生的温床，因为（这些大型农场）在恶劣的不卫生条件下紧密拥挤地圈养（大量的）动物。我们很久以前就已经知道，工厂化农场（动物养殖场）污染空气和水，并且破坏生物多样性。但如今我们却在品尝全球大流行病（global pandemic）的苦果，我们再也不能一成不变地袖手旁观了。”

ProVeg International is organizing a grassroots effort to gain public support of FSRA and has recently launched the Ban Factory Farms online campaign urging people to take action and write to their representatives asking them to sponsor the legislation. “This bill really could be the first step in major, much-needed agricultural reform,” Webermann said. “With Sanders joining, we now have three of the most notable senators sponsoring the Farm System Reform Act. Hopefully, Senator Sanders’ decision to sponsor the bill leads other legislators to follow suit and support this critical bill.”

ProVeg International目前正在组织民间力量发动广大群众支持FSRA法案，最近发起了“取缔工厂化农场”（Ban Factory Farms）的网上活动，敦促人们采取行动并写信给议员们，请求他们参与倡导该项立法。“本法案真的可能是实行亟需的重大农业改革的第一步，”韦伯曼说道。“随着桑德斯的加入，我们现在有了三位主导《农场系统改革法》的最著名参议员。桑德斯参议员做出了成为共同提案人的决定，我也希望其他议员们能够效仿此举，大力支持这项至关重要的法案。”