Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: How to Boycott Factory Farms
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:24:25 -0500
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From: Organic Consumers Association via Causes <no-reply@causesmail.com>
Date: Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:11 PM
Subject: How to Boycott Factory Farms
Posted By: Organic Consumers Association (campaign leader)
There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including the top
two: your health and animal welfare. But the big-picture reason is this.
The only way to feed the world and restore climate stability is to end
factory farming.
Today's food system, dominated by factory farms, is inherently inefficient.
We take food and farmland that could be used to feed many people and use it
to feed animals that feed fewer people.
It's estimated <http://links.causes.com/s/clNwaX?r=DpBm> that 99 percent of
all meat, eggs and dairy products produced today in the U.S. come from
factory farms.
That makes it tough—but not impossible—to avoid buying those products.
Buying direct from organic farmers is one option. But even if you shop at a
conventional grocery store, you can find alternatives. It may take a little
longer, you may have to read a few labels, and true, it may cost a little
extra at the checkout counter. But wouldn't you rather pay a little more
for better food? And a lot less for medical care?
*The more consumers demand alternatives to products produced on factory
farms, where millions of animals are crammed into confined spaces, under
unnatural, unhealthy and inhumane conditions, the more producers will
respond with healthier alternatives. You can help push the market in the
right direction. *
<http://links.causes.com/s/clNwa1?r=DpBm>