I believe that organizations and people that care about the environment and say they want to protect it-------they should live those values. In my opinion, that would mean not consuming CAFO products. About 99% of meat, dairy and eggs come from CAFOs. If you go to a restaurant and there is no specific information about where the meat, da…
I believe that organizations and people that care about the environment and say they want to protect it-------they should live those values. In my opinion, that would mean not consuming CAFO products. About 99% of meat, dairy and eggs come from CAFOs. If you go to a restaurant and there is no specific information about where the meat, dairy and eggs come from, you can assume they came from a CAFO. I went to an Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement meeting in Solon recently. They advertised food at the meeting. I assume they did this to increase attendance. The food contained CAFOs and I called them on it and they just didn't care. One of their major issues is fighting CAFOs. I am no longer a member, as I expect more integrity than that. I can name several organizations that show a similar lack of integrity.
Industrial ag grows corn and soybeans mainly to make ethanol ( from corn) and to feed animals on CAFOs ( corn and soy). If you do not support this because you know all of the devastating consequences of it all---------------please start avoiding CAFO products and begin to work hard to reduce consumption of all meat, dairy and eggs. Feeding animals to feed people is very inefficient.
Radiance Dairy produces ethical products and farmers markets are excellent sources of ethically raised chickens/eggs. We need to support these people. Thankyou for your comments I completely agree with you.
I know that Radiance Dairy is probably the best you can do to attempt to get "ethical" dairy products. I cannot seem to access a website that provides details about their farm, but I have inquired about their practices in the past. I will say that milk from a cow is meant for her calf and humans have no need for it. I don't know if Francis Thicke allows the calves to stay with their mothers for a long time. As you probably know, most take the calves away within 24 hours. I think that is unethical. In most situations, the male calves are raised for veal, often in those terrible hutches --and the cows end up at the slaughterhouse. All this for a product that we do not need. I don't think any of that is ethical. But his cows do have a better quality of life than 99.99% of the other cows in the dairy industry.
As far as eggs go---even if you purchase them at a farmer's mkt, almost all of the chicks come from huge hatcheries : https://vimeo.com/62826795 There is nothing ethical about this. Most of the hens, no matter the size of the "farm" end up being slaughtered at about 1 1/2 years old. They have all been selectively bred to produce 300 or more eggs a year. In the wild, before domestication, they would have produced 12 to 20 eggs a year. Producing over 300 eggs a year it horribly stressful for the hens.
The humane myth is used to market all of these products. You have to look deeper to understand the whole process.
Obviously milk is 97% water but the solids of two breasted ruminants are all good for you in their constituency. Obviously the same one combined. They have a statistically significant amount of available calcium from phosphorous, ribonucleic, peptides, and all sorts of goodies. In easily digestible Configurations. Also, the milk, sugars and fats are very much like our own mothers milk. I have a muscle in the exact same proteins. I’m no expert, but I had a graduate student at a free range goat dairy for six months. She is. She took milk samples back to a mass spectrometer. There is even a difference between the organic alfalfa, winter, milk and free range. Milk of him the other 10 months of the year. And our alfalfa was great day. Nothing beats an animal product, where the animal is allowed to free choice feed …, sorry, I completely different conversation
It’s not the practice. It’s the model. You can’t have healthy soil without animals. No healthy soil, no healthy plants. No healthy plants, no healthy animals see how this all works?
I believe that organizations and people that care about the environment and say they want to protect it-------they should live those values. In my opinion, that would mean not consuming CAFO products. About 99% of meat, dairy and eggs come from CAFOs. If you go to a restaurant and there is no specific information about where the meat, dairy and eggs come from, you can assume they came from a CAFO. I went to an Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement meeting in Solon recently. They advertised food at the meeting. I assume they did this to increase attendance. The food contained CAFOs and I called them on it and they just didn't care. One of their major issues is fighting CAFOs. I am no longer a member, as I expect more integrity than that. I can name several organizations that show a similar lack of integrity.
Industrial ag grows corn and soybeans mainly to make ethanol ( from corn) and to feed animals on CAFOs ( corn and soy). If you do not support this because you know all of the devastating consequences of it all---------------please start avoiding CAFO products and begin to work hard to reduce consumption of all meat, dairy and eggs. Feeding animals to feed people is very inefficient.
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Radiance Dairy produces ethical products and farmers markets are excellent sources of ethically raised chickens/eggs. We need to support these people. Thankyou for your comments I completely agree with you.
I know that Radiance Dairy is probably the best you can do to attempt to get "ethical" dairy products. I cannot seem to access a website that provides details about their farm, but I have inquired about their practices in the past. I will say that milk from a cow is meant for her calf and humans have no need for it. I don't know if Francis Thicke allows the calves to stay with their mothers for a long time. As you probably know, most take the calves away within 24 hours. I think that is unethical. In most situations, the male calves are raised for veal, often in those terrible hutches --and the cows end up at the slaughterhouse. All this for a product that we do not need. I don't think any of that is ethical. But his cows do have a better quality of life than 99.99% of the other cows in the dairy industry.
As far as eggs go---even if you purchase them at a farmer's mkt, almost all of the chicks come from huge hatcheries : https://vimeo.com/62826795 There is nothing ethical about this. Most of the hens, no matter the size of the "farm" end up being slaughtered at about 1 1/2 years old. They have all been selectively bred to produce 300 or more eggs a year. In the wild, before domestication, they would have produced 12 to 20 eggs a year. Producing over 300 eggs a year it horribly stressful for the hens.
The humane myth is used to market all of these products. You have to look deeper to understand the whole process.
So, if you consume cow dairy products, what is the best policy practice concerning mail calves?
Every glass of milk comes with a veal cutlet. I hate milk, but I’m down with the VEAL!
Chickens knew what chickens do for you no doubt we have made some errors in our selective breeding but for the most part, we are really good at it.
There is no ethical cow dairy. Even if it’s certified organic. Switch to goat or sheep, or sit down and be quiet.
How are goat and sheep products better
Obviously milk is 97% water but the solids of two breasted ruminants are all good for you in their constituency. Obviously the same one combined. They have a statistically significant amount of available calcium from phosphorous, ribonucleic, peptides, and all sorts of goodies. In easily digestible Configurations. Also, the milk, sugars and fats are very much like our own mothers milk. I have a muscle in the exact same proteins. I’m no expert, but I had a graduate student at a free range goat dairy for six months. She is. She took milk samples back to a mass spectrometer. There is even a difference between the organic alfalfa, winter, milk and free range. Milk of him the other 10 months of the year. And our alfalfa was great day. Nothing beats an animal product, where the animal is allowed to free choice feed …, sorry, I completely different conversation
Lynn, Spot on!
It’s not the practice. It’s the model. You can’t have healthy soil without animals. No healthy soil, no healthy plants. No healthy plants, no healthy animals see how this all works?