Tuesday, October 7, 2003
How the US Poultry Business Works
This post is not about the cruelty of factory farming on the birds - we've done that. This is about the cruelty to the poultry farmers, inflicted by the big growers. Tyson Foods is the largest chicken processor in the world, and controls the entire process, from chicks to the fryer. Vertical...
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Thursday, September 18, 2003
Vegetarian Athletes
Just in case anyone is STILL convinced that we need meat, eggs and dairy products on a daily basis to stay fit and healthy, let me just demonstrate what SOME people have done on a strict vegetarian diet. (some of this sports info may be a little out of date now - apologies) The only man to win the...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Antibiotics in Livestock
Antibiotics were designed to hit infections when required, not to be fed routinely (to humans or animals) as a just-in-case tactic. Today, it's all just-in-case. Of the total amount antibiotics used in the U.S., a full 55% are fed to livestock. As a result, the resistance of bugs to those...
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Sunday, September 14, 2003
Inhumane Treatment of Livestock
We have no right to mistreat fellow sentient beings. Even accepting that we have the right to eat them and their produce, it can not be right to make them suffer in the process. But we do. Every day. For example, the wingspan of an average leghorn chicken is 26 inches (66 cm). The amount of space an...
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Thursday, September 11, 2003
This Food Sucks!!
Denny's restaurant chain turned over $30 billion last year, selling industrail food. They're not the only ones by any means; in fact, industrial food is now so commonplace in the US that few people even question it's existence. But you should.... The burger meat comes from the feedlots of the...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2003
You Are Being Mis-Informed by the Meat, Dairy and Egg Industries
There has been a concerted effort of mis-informing the public over the 'benefits' of consuming animals and animal products over the last few decades, driven by these very powerful industry groups. You owe it to yourself to question the claims they make. Here's a glimpse of the other side of the...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Have a Heart!
Any idea how often a heart attack strikes in the U.S.? Every 25 seconds. Phew! And every 45 seconds, a heart attack kills someone in the U.S., making it far and away the most common cause of death. But that ain't the whole story. An average American man runs a 50% risk of death by heart attack. If...
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Monday, August 11, 2003
Toxic Delights
"We live in a crazy time, when people who make food choices that are healthy and compassionate are often considered weird, while people are considered normal whose eating habits promote disease and are dependent on enormous suffering." John Robbins Every day, we ingest man-made toxins that didn't...
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Thursday, August 7, 2003
Let's Shoot the Shit
See, the problem with mass meat production is that those who eat meat are protected from the realities behind it. There's arguably nothing wrong with eating meat per se; it's the process by which it's produced, and the scant regard for health and environment, that I so strongly dislike. One example...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Energy Risks
We're running out of oil. Every geologist agrees. However, with current technologies, and assuming all human beings ate a meat-centered diet, our reserves would last for a mere 13 years. Assuming an entirely vegetarian planet, our reserves could be extended out to 260 years. (The concensus today is...
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