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Farm Sanctuary - Front page of Washington Post!
washingtonpost.com — Farm Sanctuary is more sanctuary than farm. In 1986, Californian Gene Baur (who, ironically, appeared in McDonald's commercials as teenager) and his then-wife founded the grass-roots operation in an effort to expose the dark side of factory farming.
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- Michiko280, on 06/16/2008, -4/+19Karen Dawn highlighted this article in her "DawnWatch" email newsletter. She said:
If you have spent time at this wonderful Farm Sanctuary, as I have, why not send the Washington Post a quick letter about this wonderful place to keep the discussion alive. You might also want to chat about other wonderful sanctuaries such as DC's local Poplar Springs. And the article opens the door for letters singing the praises of plant based diets. The Washington Post takes letters at: letters@washpost.com
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Remember that shorter letters are more likely to be published.
Learn more about Farm Sanctuary at www.FarmSanctuary.org
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at http://www.DawnWatch.com. You may forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts if you do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this parenthesized tag line. If somebody forwards DawnWatch alerts to you, which you enjoy, please help the list grow by signing up. It is free.) - Michiko280, on 06/16/2008, -15/+4Karen Dawn said the following in today's DawnWatch e-newsletter:
If you have spent time at this wonderful Farm Sanctuary, as I have, why not send the Washington Post a quick letter about this wonderful place to keep the discussion alive. You might also want to chat about other wonderful sanctuaries such as DC's local Poplar Springs. And the article opens the door for letters singing the praises of plant based diets. The Washington Post takes letters at: letters@washpost.com
Always include your full name, address, and daytime phone number when sending a letter to the editor. Remember that shorter letters are more likely to be published.
Learn more about Farm Sanctuary at FarmSanctuary.org
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at DawnWatch.com. You may forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts if you do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this parenthesized tag line. If somebody forwards DawnWatch alerts to you, which you enjoy, please help the list grow by signing up. It is free.) - elainevigneault, on 06/16/2008, -3/+14What a great story!
From the article:
"Despite the emotional pull, the employees did not proselytize. In the cabins, a welcome note asks guests to refrain from eating animal products while visiting. It was hard, though, to not be moved."
And the slide show is great, too :) - alapoet, on 06/16/2008, -2/+14I wasn't even aware of the Farm Sanctuary -- what a wonderful thing it is!
- SpaceRibs, on 06/16/2008, -1/+16I've been to farm sanctuary before, you should see all of the famous people who stopped by and wrote their names in the barn (the B-52's are the strongest in my mind).
One of the saddest groups there were the turkeys who were bred to have such huge breasts that they couldn't walk after a certain age, the ones that could still walk would scout for the others. - VeritasAequitas, on 06/16/2008, -6/+2Really?
- heartless_, on 06/16/2008, -14/+3I have nothing against a farm "sanctuary", but anyone that thinks this can somehow go "mainstream" is fooling themselves. It works because it is unique, not because of its ideals. Economics will eventually weed out inefficient sanctuaries and the economically viable ones will be bad bad bad stories in the end.
This is without even mentioning the fact that these animals that are saved have a carbon footprint six times that of a livestock raised for slaughter on a so-called "factory farm". On a large scale, this type of setup would be an environmental nightmare.
Again, this is fine. Abused and neglected animals need a place to go, but it is not doing the "species" any great favor. In fact, it could be argued that this is inhumane, considering the 'species' in question are domesticated and very unfit to live a life they were not adopted to live, but I won't go that far. Just throwing it out there.- medeshago, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6This isn't the only farm sanctuary, google it up, even here, in Chile, there are Farm Sanctuaries.
The carbon footprint of these animals is considerably lower when you take in the fact that they will reproduce normally, not in mass production as they do in regular "farms". - thedogfatherx, on 06/16/2008, -1/+4Wow.
- medeshago, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6This isn't the only farm sanctuary, google it up, even here, in Chile, there are Farm Sanctuaries.
- ToRoE, on 06/16/2008, -18/+4Wow, if this is all it makes you to feel good? 40 pigs, out of 40 million-billion a year (sorry I have no idea how many happy bacon breeders we go through. . ) To each, their own, I suppose.
What about all those poor - poor apple trees, robbed of fruits of labor, often shaken unmercifully once a year by a giant tractor. Tree's have feelings too... meh.
Sorry, It's not like there are not family farms, or other situations were all these animals live a long happy life.- thedogfatherx, on 06/16/2008, -0/+11Meh to you to. Somebody's out there doing something good and all you have to say is "meh" or try and ridicule them. Your character really shines through. I can almost bet you won't do anything remotely close to helping anything out in your lifetime then these people have. So "meh" to your human existance.
- azurechaos, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5It's like saying because we can't completely stop genocide in Africa, we shouldn't help anyone whatsoever.
And by they way, trees don't have central nervous systems.- tator13, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0True, they have no central nervous systems, but they are every bit as important to the us as animals are.
I agree that every little bit counts, but if we say that, let's make every little bit of everything - no matter how small that thing might be - count.
- tator13, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0True, they have no central nervous systems, but they are every bit as important to the us as animals are.
- Spamiclese, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I couldn't have put it better myself azurechaos.
I hope one day ToRoE can see that doing a little good is infinitely better than doing no good at all.
- slvrbullet87, on 06/16/2008, -8/+8Yes factory meat farms are gross, but it is the price we pay for eating meat. Just about every product we use/eat/have has a part of production that is dirty or hazardous in some way
- slabdigger, on 06/16/2008, -4/+7You know, the degree of dirt and hazard really does matter. Your posting just sounds like a justification not to feel or do anything about anything, since everything sucks. A popular typical digger attitude, but ignorant.
- Tyrghast, on 06/16/2008, -2/+1It's not ignorant to know about something others care about, but be cold and callous toward it. I, for one, don't care about factory farming. Mmmmmmmm delicious.
- chix0r, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2You probably have not witnessed the barbaric acts that go on behind the doors of your bloody beloved slaughterhouse either. And if you have, and you still don't think twice about what you shove in your mouth then I truly pity you, and moreso, I pity the lives of the animals you consume.
- chix0r, on 06/17/2008, -0/+2You probably have not witnessed the barbaric acts that go on behind the doors of your bloody beloved slaughterhouse either. And if you have, and you still don't think twice about what you shove in your mouth then I truly pity you, and moreso, I pity the lives of the animals you consume.
- Tyrghast, on 06/16/2008, -2/+1It's not ignorant to know about something others care about, but be cold and callous toward it. I, for one, don't care about factory farming. Mmmmmmmm delicious.
- slabdigger, on 06/16/2008, -4/+7You know, the degree of dirt and hazard really does matter. Your posting just sounds like a justification not to feel or do anything about anything, since everything sucks. A popular typical digger attitude, but ignorant.
- NotSoHotPink, on 06/16/2008, -0/+10Farm Sanctuary is amazing. I've been there three times already and can't wait to go back again. The animals are so cute!
- tator13, on 07/15/2008, -0/+0I'm assuming you don't eat meat and use all man-made products?
- sproket, on 06/16/2008, -1/+7We should be eating soylent green instead.
- CoMpUtErITGuY, on 06/16/2008, -10/+1Who cares? That's the purpose of animals. I bet that pig looks better than his wife.
- Spamiclese, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4It is only their "purpose" because thats what humans have made of them. You think animals evolved and then domesticated themselves so that their sole purpose would be people food?
- thedogfatherx, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3That's their purpose? Well no. It's not. What's your purpose in this life? Eat, *****, sleep?
Get a life.
- BillE3, on 06/16/2008, -6/+1In the '60s it was the "organic farming" movement that wanted to shut down "big farms" in favor of "family farms". Founders of the California Coalition of Family Farmers went looking to interview family farmers. To their own dismay they found that the "big farms" were actually owned by families, some of which were self incorporated. They also found that the average family farm in California was much larger than the family farm of the mid west, also to their dismay. These were not the people they wanted to join their organization. The organic movement did not change the consumers habits so they tried the next step with the sustainable movement. After all the farmers were going to kill the land and nothing will grow. Consumers still did not change their habits. Now we have the appropriate agricultural movement. I suppose that means they are the ones to decide what is appropriate and what is not. If you really want to replace farming in California, put it to a vote of the consumer. That is where the biggest voice is. It is really easy to pick on the farmers in California, they are so independent it is hard to get them to band together. And there are far less farmers than there are Hells Angels in California.
- Forbes245, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4********************************************************************
Consumers did not change their habits? Consumers have the biggest voice? Consumers do not *know* about any of this because corporate mainstream media does not report it. If there ever is any mention of animal concern in MSM, it is protrayed with derision and ridicule. That is why a frontpage story in the Washington Post is important, that is why this is a popular Digg story, and that is why it is important, as Michiko implores, to KEEP this story alive with those suggestions. Consumers have not been allowed to vote on this issue because consumers have been repeatedly and very successfully misled.
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- Forbes245, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4********************************************************************
- lazerus9, on 06/16/2008, -5/+3Four legs good two legs bad!
- ohnoerino, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6I wish we had something like this in the Chicago area. As far as I know, we don't.
- Tyrghast, on 06/16/2008, -7/+2I like that people care more about animals than they do other people. Of all the injustices in the world and you pick farm animals? Give me a ***** break. Almost as cowardly as PETA.
- NotSoHotPink, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4That is their cause. What are you doing to help make this world a better place?
- Tyrghast, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2nothing. I'm hateful, callous lump who hates his fellow man.
- azurechaos, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1you know, it is possible for people to care about humans AND animals. just sayin.
- Tyrghast, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2nothing. I'm hateful, callous lump who hates his fellow man.
- NotSoHotPink, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4That is their cause. What are you doing to help make this world a better place?
- Dontlooknow, on 06/16/2008, -0/+6Cool I've donated to them many times great to see them on the front page of digg!
- Tonicks, on 06/16/2008, -6/+1I like meat. That's all I have to say about that.
- earthceltic, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Wrong thread, ass
- Tonicks, on 06/16/2008, -6/+1Animal Farm proved that if animals cum 2 power they will beas bad a ppl 2 so thts why we nee d 2 eet them all up OM NOM NOM NOM NOM.
- username484767, on 06/16/2008, -6/+1I'm hungry
- bobsalt1, on 06/16/2008, -6/+1choice is good, just don't shove organic, free range, etc food into law. not everyone can afford that stuff. You think all single parents with kids can afford to care about how some animal feels? Many time so called "factory farms" are successful family farms. My old man, started buying eggs from farmers and selling them at the farmers market, now we have "factory farm" chicken houses. We also have free range chickens. Chickens are not nice creatures, for all you ***** out there who think life is bliss for a free range chicken, you need to get 10 hens and one rooster, put them in your backyard and observe. There is a gladiator style pecking system that kills the weak birds. When a chicken has a sore on its head, all the other chickens peck at it till its dead. But wow! its so natural, so it must be good!
peta and hsus don't care about animals, they care about making everyone a vegan.
also don't confuse hsus with the REAL humane societies out there doing good work
in this world, millions die from starvation, war, malaria, and countless fixable problems. lets fix those first then we'll worry about the animals.- chix0r, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4I suggest you read some of John Robbins books sir. Your starvation issue could actually be resolved if more people adopted the vegan lifestyle.
"Nearly half of the grains from world harvests are fed to "livestock." According to Robbins, it takes sixteen times more resources to produce a pound of food from livestock than it does to produce a pound of food without raising animals as "livestock." It takes only one pound of grain to produce a pound of bread. In his book May All Be Fed, Mr. John Robbins wrote: "By cycling our grain through livestock and into beef, we end up with 6 percent as much food to feed human beings as we would have if we ate the grain directly."
http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/vegstaves.ht ...
- chix0r, on 06/17/2008, -0/+4I suggest you read some of John Robbins books sir. Your starvation issue could actually be resolved if more people adopted the vegan lifestyle.
- josefgraf, on 09/26/2008, -0/+0If those who consume mass meat products could witness either a) the conditions 95% of the animals in the factory farm industry have to endure, or b) the loss that is accruing in humanity’s inner life due to this animal abuse - the industry would grind to a halt overnight. Surely the human race cannot be as diabolical as its relationship with the animal kingdom suggests.
- the Earth Vision project, 2008
For further links and resources on this issue visit the Earth Vision site at http://www.evsite.net
Click on: The End of Factory Farming
Or go here:
http://www.evbooks.net/earth_vision_029.htm
The specific article:
The End of Factory Farming - the ecological resonance between the animal holocaust and our inner life
Josef
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