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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:12 AM Original message |
Protesters in Berlin call for an end to factory farming |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yes. no one should be rocking the boat. Natural stuff reserved for TPTB. |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Germany is a world leader on health and health care. |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. KNR! n/t |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. If we end "factory farming" then millions would starve... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Eventually, they might have to. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Factory farming just started taking off in Germany in the last two years or so |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I think it's more a global thing.. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Outside investors bought up German farmland pushing local farmers out |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Ok. Thanks for the info. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Farmland was owned by the state of Germany with small farmers leasing land |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Or, possibly, the idea that people expect toxin-free food. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Which board should I be posting on? |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. If "we" had not, in the last 50 years, |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. A big part of this is that few people want to be farmers.. its a hard nasty dirty low-paying job.. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I don't know where your from |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I grew up on a farm in the midwest.. few of those my age ended up staying on the farm.. |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. DC Bob, the price of food is so high, it's worth your while to farm |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Same here. Son of a farmer, and it was hard, thankless work |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I am on a family farm. It's over 100 years old. It originally was 2000 acres. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Joel Salatin is doing pretty good on Polyface Farm. |
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NCarolinawoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Thank you for your perspective. n/t |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. millions can grow at least some of their food. n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Labor in a Cube Farm Vs. Labor on a Natural Farm |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Sure, go ahead and ask those cube rats to turn in their computers for hoes.. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Some will, some won't - you are basing your assumptions on assumptions |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. There are many people unemployed. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. k and r |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. What do we do with 6 billion humans? |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. All I would like is to get GMO foods labeled here in the US |
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harvey007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
21. Factory Farming = Toxic Food |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
24. These farming practices only serve to |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Great news. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. And when might Americans wake up? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I think I see some irony, there. |
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