Wednesday, March 14, 2007

the beginning of sow justice?

Well, having made the mistake that "Sow Justice" was about reforming factory farming, and having ranted in a more recent post about commercial lard, I felt the need to post a link to a New York Times opinion piece on Smithfield's decision to uncage their sows. It's "Pig Out" in the list to the right.

In the process I learned that one can create links to articles that work even when they have been removed from free access or archived. Another day, another learning.

Simply removing the cages is not enough. I didn't stop eating meat for sentimental reasons (even if Babe is one of my favorite movies - did you know James Cromwell is a vegan?), but I want to point out that there is a link between cruel practices toward farm animals and major environmental and public health problems. Think about the volume of manure from factory farms. Imagine the next time a resistant virus jumps from swine to humans. Do you still want that industrially farmed ham sandwich?

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