Commercial Pet Food

• Alternative Medicine: Commercial Pet Food - Article discussing the pitfalls of commercial pet foods, and their negative effects on health.
• AltVetMed: Premium Natural Pet Foods - List of manufacturers of premium natural pet foods who do not use artificial preservatives and additives.
• Animal Protection Institute: What's Really in Pet Food - Report explores the differences between what consumers think they are buying compared to what they are actually getting, when they purchase pet foods.

• Cat and Kitten Food Ingredients, Standards, and Requirements - To assure that your cat or kitten is receiving good nutrition, you need to understand pet food ingredients, labeling, and nutritional requirements for fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in felines.
• Dr. Jane Bicks - What's In Pet Food? - 12 minute audio presentation by holistic veterinarian Dr. Jane Bicks, creator of Life's Abundance Pet Products.
• Earthland Island Journal: The Truth About Cat and Dog Food - Editorial criticizing the commercial pet food industry.
• FDA: Interpreting Pet Food Labels - Information for Consumers on interpreting pet food labels.
• FDA: Interpreting Special Use Pet Food Labels - Information for Consumers on interpreting special use pet food labels.
• FDA/CVM - Report on the risk from pentobarbital in dog food.
• Food not Fit for a Pet - Article by holistic vet Wendell Belfield, about disadvantages of commercial pet foods.
• Our Pets Our Dying For It - Editorial on harmful effects of commercial pet food.
• Pet Cuisine: Feeding Galloping Gourmets - FDA Consumer Magazine article on gourmet pet food.
• Pet Food Institute Pet Food Report: A Consumer's Guide to Pet Food - Answers common questions about pet food so pet owners can make an informed decision on what to feed their pet. Contains interactive pet food labels so consumers may learn more about is in their pet's food.
• Pet Food Supplement Magazine - Periodical on additives to commercial pet foods.
• Petfood Industry - A monthly trade magazine providing news and articles.
• Polluted Pet Food - Alternative News article on contaminated ingredients in commercial pet food.
• ProVet : Additives in Pet Foods - Article discussing the benefits of pet food additives found in commercial pet foods.
• ProVet: Are Pet Foods Dangerous? - Arguments in support of feeding commercial pet food, and discussing the dangers of homemade diets and feeding raw meat to pets.
• ProVet: Pet Food Sales - Demographics on pet food sales.

Jennifer Parrish, Go Green, April 11, 2009: Keep Fido and Furball frisky with a greener lifestyle (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
If it's good for the health of the planet, it's bound to be good for your health, too. This rule of thumb often springs to mind, especially when I encounter a certain school of thought that considers human needs to be in opposition to the needs of our planet.