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Bluenorthwest

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33. You don't go far enough. It is the Industrial nature of the agriculture that is the central problem
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 10:56 AM
Dec 2014

not the specific product. That is to say 'factory farming' of plants can be and is very often wildly destructive to the planet, destroys habitats for animals which means cruelty, they all die and will never be eradicated repeatedly from that area until they stop pushing all the crops out of that plot. The water issues, the labor issues, these are things that are the same for whatever you are growing.
So. Not just meat. The whole of the agriculture should be smaller scaled and sustainable. And it is really not cool to just pretend that rodents and insects and other small creatures flourish as they always did in that meadow that becomes a soy field. They die, they lose habitat and if we are talking about cruelty then how can that be exempt? It can not.

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Should Factory Farming Be Banned? [View all] Prophet 451 Dec 2014 OP
Check the pork industry -- horrible easychoice Dec 2014 #1
I honestly don't know how to answer this question Arcanetrance Dec 2014 #2
Well, the idea was to make people think Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #3
You definitely got me to think I'll admit that Arcanetrance Dec 2014 #4
a couple of dollars DonCoquixote Dec 2014 #5
Yes, it is Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #8
Too vague to say. I do support a packer ban Recursion Dec 2014 #6
Packer ban? Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #7
Prevent meat packers from owning livestock being raised on farms and ranches Recursion Dec 2014 #9
I had never heard of that Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #13
Sorry: the ban is an attempt to require that ranchers own rather than rent their cows Recursion Dec 2014 #18
Wow! Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #20
No. flvegan Dec 2014 #10
OK Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #14
our country could stand to eat like the rest of the world olddots Dec 2014 #11
Cage Free is a start nationalize the fed Dec 2014 #12
Plant protein isn't better Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #16
I think it would significanly increase the price. Free range chickens aren't what many people think. ohnoyoudidnt Dec 2014 #15
I would argue that the larger problem is capitalism. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #17
And that's just extremism Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #21
That doesn't change what I'm saying about making a life into a profit center. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #23
You've got it right, sadly. Thanks. NCarolinawoman Dec 2014 #25
Yes! burrowowl Dec 2014 #19
Yes, only rich people should afford to eat meat taught_me_patience Dec 2014 #22
I think that's probably going to happen anyway Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #24
NYC, or maybe NY State, should try this idea first. quadrature Dec 2014 #26
I try to avoid meat BUT MFM008 Dec 2014 #27
YES! DeSwiss Dec 2014 #28
x50 Derek V Dec 2014 #29
The cruelty of factory farming shocks the conscience CrawlingChaos Dec 2014 #30
Watch movie "Food Inc" nt RiverLover Dec 2014 #31
The animals we eat ought to be treated humanely and with respect. hunter Dec 2014 #32
Heard that Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #39
You don't go far enough. It is the Industrial nature of the agriculture that is the central problem Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #33
So what's your proposal? Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #36
there's no need for it. xchrom Dec 2014 #34
People should not eat meat dumbcat Dec 2014 #35
Only if it can be done without prices going up. Ykcutnek Dec 2014 #37
It's probable prices would go up, yes Prophet 451 Dec 2014 #38
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