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Comment on Proud enough to hide by Angelique

Angelique — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:13:18 +0000

Would you mind telling me what your website is? Just want to make sure this isn’t spam! Thanks.

Comment on Proud enough to hide by bestelkado-1

bestelkado-1 — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:44:55 +0000

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Comment on What’s wrong with this picture? by Sara Jane

Sara Jane — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:38:15 +0000

Even though I don’t drink milk, and believe that’s an unnecessary nutrient for adult humans… I appreciate that you brought up the cruelty of the dairy industry; and that cows have normal reactions to conditions like 90 degree weather. It’s amazing the disconnect us humans have from nature. Some people discredit cows as living at all— and think of them strictly as food, as if they don’t feel the hot sun, feel the cool breeze in the shade, or even breathe air for that matter.

How did we ever find it natural to consume the milk of another species? Way beyond me.

Comment on The mystery of the missing dairy calves by jt kong

jt kong — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:45:45 +0000

i do not understand the point the author is trying to make. the production of veal is cruel and unthinkable. whether 500,000, 1 million or 10 million calves are submitted to this torture what moral difference does it make?

as to whether male calves are killed for beef or left to die what is the difference? they are still killed regardless of what happens to their bodies afterwards and it is the production of dairy products that requires this early death. perhaps the author is making some kind of twisted malthusian argument that as long as a calves die in satiation of our demand for blood milk and blood meats then this unimaginable horror is justified. the only moral wrong imaginable is that the killing machine is not efficient.

if you want to eat your “pc” beef and dairy products then be assured that ben and jerry and their ilk applaud your complacency. but please don’t mindlessly repeat the meat and dairy industry’s justification (organic or not) that it’s cruelty free. cruelty free dairy is an oxymoron.

thank you

Comment on The mystery of the missing dairy calves by Jean West-Watanabe

Jean West-Watanabe — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:28:56 +0000

This is a great article and one that needed to be written . Thanks for sharing it.

Comment on Can organics feed the world? by Angelique

Angelique — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:26:24 +0000

You reposted my entire article, which I do not allow. Please limit to first couple of paragraphs and refer readers back to my blog for the full article.

Comment on The mystery of the missing dairy calves by Robert

Robert — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:15:22 +0000

No mention of the fact that the majority of male calves at auctions are from the dairy industry and sold for $15 to $20 each. That would contradict the assumption here of the author that a farmer would not want to take the loss of the male calves and therefore not value them for purposes other than veal. On the contrary such low value on the newborn male calf would make them a liability rather than an asset.

Comment on Why animal lovers should eat meat by If everybody … | Anthony Burgoyne

If everybody … | Anthony Burgoyne — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:44:12 +0000

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Comment on The elegant economics of comparative advantage, and its messy consequences by Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:40:49 +0000

Let’s also remember that local agriculture promotes accountable agriculture. The miss deeds of big ag are under a watchful eye (or at least more likely to be) when they live by you. Also, specialization in ag has externalities that are sometime hard to quantify like crop rotation or millions tons of feces ruining a nearby lake because way too many animal were grown for cheap in way too small a space. You make important points to keep in mind though. Thanks for writing about it.

Comment on The mystery of the missing dairy calves by Matt

Matt — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:21:17 +0000

And the other cost that people forget about is feeding that calf to weaning. Either you use milk, which you then cannot sell or you buy milk replacer which is expensive! So your time to feed the calves isn’t paid for and then you loose money at the auction. Not good. That is why we need to re-integrate farms, Old McDonald style and make it benefit that farmer. As it is, it’s much easier to specialize. To raise beef and dairy requires several licenses!