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Sun Dec-17-06 02:49 PM
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| 13. The legacy of industrial agriculture isn't limited to hogs, but don't boycott |
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Edited on Sun Dec-17-06 02:50 PM by nosmokes
the wrong thing. me, i'm probably 95% vegetarian,only eating meat occasionally, but more because my wife is a vewgetarian. what i do though is make sure the meat i eat comes from local producers that use sustainable organic practices, and i *never* eat meat that has been commercially raised, i.e.: smithfield or tyson or your basic supermarket meat. where did it come from? what was it fed? how was it treated? you can bet that if you don't know the answers to those questions there's a damn good reason, and the odds are the producers don't want you to know.-
support your local farmer and rancher buy local buy organic buy fair trade
edited to say thanks for the post.
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| -"Pork's Dirty Secret" . . . Rolling Stone . . . (warning: disturbing photo) . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Dec-17-06 12:55 PM |
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All of a sudden, I can see going Kosher or Halal. |
no_hypocrisy |
Dec-17-06 01:00 PM |
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I have to assume that Smithfield meat packages do not have "Ks" on them. |
Fridays Child |
Dec-17-06 01:05 PM |
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No, not kosher by definition. |
tofunut |
Dec-17-06 01:42 PM |
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Yeah because Cows and Sheep don't poop. |
BlueEyedSon |
Dec-18-06 11:54 AM |
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An excellent overview |
hedgehog |
Dec-17-06 01:07 PM |
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Damn... |
slor |
Dec-17-06 01:08 PM |
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K&R.nt |
nam78_two |
Dec-17-06 01:09 PM |
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Another reason to push the development of TDP technology |
MindPilot |
Dec-17-06 01:15 PM |
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Hey!!! I thought I was the only one following that!!! |
suziedemocrat |
Dec-17-06 04:22 PM |
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It CAN be done better -- check out Niman Ranch, among others |
jgraz |
Dec-17-06 01:18 PM |
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Absolutely - It can and should be done better - |
IndyOp |
Dec-17-06 06:40 PM |
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My dad is a small family farmer |
NickB79 |
Dec-18-06 03:45 AM |
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What an eye-opener |
lordsummerisle |
Dec-17-06 01:19 PM |
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you also eat the last dying moments of this animal |
judaspriestess |
Dec-17-06 01:21 PM |
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mmmm...dying moments... |
jgraz |
Dec-17-06 07:28 PM |
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I don't know...I had a friend once describe to me that animals can sense death... |
KansDem |
Dec-18-06 05:34 PM |
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It reads a bit like Fast Food Nation. However, it comes as no surprise |
Little Wing |
Dec-17-06 02:11 PM |
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We have family in NC |
dancingAlone |
Dec-17-06 02:29 PM |
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The legacy of industrial agriculture isn't limited to hogs, but don't boycott |
nosmokes |
Dec-17-06 02:49 PM |
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I'm a vegetarian, I don't expect Americans to stop eating meat though. |
suziedemocrat |
Dec-17-06 04:42 PM |
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delusional? probably. |
nosmokes |
Dec-18-06 02:48 AM |
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Oh I know! But it's gotten a lot better. |
suziedemocrat |
Dec-18-06 06:59 AM |
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Wow, that is the most disgusting article I have read in quite some time |
MN Against Bush |
Dec-17-06 03:17 PM |
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I think "Radioactive" was a metaphor for really nasty |
Little Wing |
Dec-17-06 06:42 PM |
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If you read the article... |
MN Against Bush |
Dec-17-06 06:50 PM |
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Yes, amazingly I did read the article |
Little Wing |
Dec-17-06 07:59 PM |
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Did I not just acknowledge it wasn't radioactive? |
MN Against Bush |
Dec-17-06 08:25 PM |
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I read the whole thing |
Wiley50 |
Dec-17-06 03:29 PM |
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How nice that I don't eat |
malaise |
Dec-17-06 03:35 PM |
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If I recall correctly, Al Gore got in hot water here in IA for stating the obvious... |
progressoid |
Dec-17-06 04:37 PM |
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Pardon the pun but Holy Crap!! |
JNelson6563 |
Dec-17-06 07:57 PM |
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Ugh. I'm so glad I haven't eaten pork since about 1982. |
Oregonian |
Dec-17-06 08:27 PM |
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I am so glad I don't eat anything with hair, fur or feathers. n/t |
RebelOne |
Dec-18-06 06:30 AM |
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That story is simultaneously.. |
Feron |
Dec-17-06 08:42 PM |
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Smithfield (the town) has been increasingly against the company |
katamaran |
Dec-17-06 08:50 PM |
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Why did they kill all those baby pigs? I don't want to go to the link. |
Maraya1969 |
Dec-17-06 09:03 PM |
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Ceos |
undergroundpanther |
Dec-17-06 09:15 PM |
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Oh, silly panther! |
kgfnally |
Dec-18-06 01:03 AM |
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Okay. |
Elrond Hubbard |
Dec-17-06 10:51 PM |
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METHANE! |
Cobalt-60 |
Dec-18-06 03:52 AM |
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when I read that story I thought about karma |
renate |
Dec-18-06 04:36 AM |
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Pigs aren't sentient, dude. (Dudette?) |
seawolf |
Dec-18-06 12:44 PM |
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what?!? of course they are. they feel pain, they have a sense of self. |
nosmokes |
Dec-18-06 04:52 PM |
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What a potential for Renewable Energy! |
rolfboy |
Dec-18-06 06:25 AM |
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We should use that excrement as fuel. Thailand found a way to use |
Chimichurri |
Dec-18-06 07:45 AM |
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ttt |
Blue_Tires |
Dec-18-06 08:08 AM |
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I read that magazine and I don't think I could eat pork every again |
LynneSin |
Dec-18-06 08:09 AM |
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I grew up with friends who had a hog farm |
gollygee |
Dec-18-06 08:12 AM |
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mmmmmmmmm. bacon. |
aikoaiko |
Dec-18-06 12:47 PM |
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Al Franken was talking about this in Lies and Lying Liars. |
seawolf |
Dec-18-06 12:48 PM |
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I quit eating pork over 20 years ago |
Beaverhausen |
Dec-18-06 01:03 PM |
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I Went About 10 Years W/out Pork |
Crisco |
Dec-18-06 01:13 PM |
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I also quit eating pork years ago... |
HughLefty1 |
Dec-18-06 05:13 PM |
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That article was VERY disturbing |
LibraLiz1973 |
Dec-18-06 05:16 PM |
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Already covered in the May issue of Harper's |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-18-06 05:20 PM |
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I am way more concerned about the "pigs" than I am the "environment"... |
MazeRat7 |
Dec-18-06 05:33 PM |
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Contrary to what some believe... |
Elrond Hubbard |
Dec-18-06 08:34 PM |
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Not to mention that pork has about 75-100 different parasites |
BlueStorm |
Dec-18-06 08:53 PM |
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I almost want to try that pork chop experiment... |
Elrond Hubbard |
Dec-18-06 11:23 PM |
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Articles like this make it very easy to be a vegetarian. nt |
skipos |
Dec-18-06 08:54 PM |
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