Comments on: If We Want to Save Them We Must Eat Them http://www.eatrundoyoga.com/blog/if-we-want-to-save-them-we-must-eat-them/ Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:14:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: doubledogyoga http://www.eatrundoyoga.com/blog/if-we-want-to-save-them-we-must-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-121 doubledogyoga Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:25:26 +0000 http://eatrundoyoga.com/?p=485#comment-121 I agree, Erica. Sadly, it's all so unnecessary as you can get all the nutrients you need from plants. I agree, Erica. Sadly, it’s all so unnecessary as you can get all the nutrients you need from plants.

]]> By: erica http://www.eatrundoyoga.com/blog/if-we-want-to-save-them-we-must-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-120 erica Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:17:31 +0000 http://eatrundoyoga.com/?p=485#comment-120 there is no such thing as "happy meat". it is just another marketing ploy. even the so-called humane farms use very inhumane methods and the animals do suffer in their abrieviated life and in death. and if it isn't enough than we are torturing other beings, we are also destroying our planet and depleting our natural resources all in the name of almighty meat. why don't we just start using DDT and prescribing thalidomide again?? there is no such thing as “happy meat”. it is just another marketing ploy. even the so-called humane farms use very inhumane methods and the animals do suffer in their abrieviated life and in death. and if it isn’t enough than we are torturing other beings, we are also destroying our planet and depleting our natural resources all in the name of almighty meat. why don’t we just start using DDT and prescribing thalidomide again??

]]> By: Doug http://www.eatrundoyoga.com/blog/if-we-want-to-save-them-we-must-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Doug Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:31:47 +0000 http://eatrundoyoga.com/?p=485#comment-119 Can someone explain what "humane method of slaughtering livestock" REALLY means? Can someone explain what “humane method of slaughtering livestock” REALLY means?

]]> By: doubledogyoga http://www.eatrundoyoga.com/blog/if-we-want-to-save-them-we-must-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-118 doubledogyoga Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:49:05 +0000 http://eatrundoyoga.com/?p=485#comment-118 I AGREE! With everything you said. However I'm not convinced that just because a farm is a "small family," "free range," or "organic" farm that they are using "humane methods." For example, ALL male chicks are thrown away like they are trash because they cannot lay eggs. ALL "spent" hens are killed at about 1-2 years of age. Farms simply cannot afford to take care of these "non-producing" animals. All egg-laying hens are forced molted - that means they are starved for about 14 days so that they will be shocked into another laying cycle. Layers are debeaked with no anesthesia. This happens at "free range" farms as well as at "conventional." All of this comes down to economics. It's all about how to get the most eggs for the least amount of money. How can a small farm <strong>truly</strong> employ humane methods and survive financially? I haven't visited the farm you listed above - I would love to though! I AGREE! With everything you said.

However I’m not convinced that just because a farm is a “small family,” “free range,” or “organic” farm that they are using “humane methods.”

For example, ALL male chicks are thrown away like they are trash because they cannot lay eggs. ALL “spent” hens are killed at about 1-2 years of age. Farms simply cannot afford to take care of these “non-producing” animals. All egg-laying hens are forced molted – that means they are starved for about 14 days so that they will be shocked into another laying cycle. Layers are debeaked with no anesthesia. This happens at “free range” farms as well as at “conventional.”

All of this comes down to economics. It’s all about how to get the most eggs for the least amount of money. How can a small farm truly employ humane methods and survive financially?

I haven’t visited the farm you listed above – I would love to though!

]]> By: kate http://www.eatrundoyoga.com/blog/if-we-want-to-save-them-we-must-eat-them/comment-page-1/#comment-117 kate Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:24:35 +0000 http://eatrundoyoga.com/?p=485#comment-117 hmmmm........ i will say this... we do NOT have to eat animals in order to save them from extinction. (the whole eating a bald eagle is quite a stretch). we must have a paradigm shift in our thinking in order to be conscious consumers. convenience is becoming quite inconvenient for our health, the health care system and our planet. we must support the small farmer. a lot of small family farmers employ humane methods of raising and slaughtering their livestock. i can only say however, that i visited only one of these farms of which i speak. http://www.fieldsofathenryfarm.com/ more later... hmmmm…….. i will say this…

we do NOT have to eat animals in order to save them from extinction. (the whole eating a bald eagle is quite a stretch).

we must have a paradigm shift in our thinking in order to be conscious consumers. convenience is becoming quite inconvenient for our health, the health care system and our planet.

we must support the small farmer. a lot of small family farmers employ humane methods of raising and slaughtering their livestock. i can only say however, that i visited only one of these farms of which i speak. http://www.fieldsofathenryfarm.com/

more later…

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