28 Reasons to
Not Eat Meat
Not Eat Meat
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"Alabama Dream, Rag-Time Cake Walk" by George D. Barnard, re-sequenced by John Cowles - Used by permission (notes by John Cowles)This is an early transition piece. This is still a definite cakewalk, but the syncopations have become stronger and we begin to see some musical form rather than a loose collection of melodies.
A Fate Worse Than Death
Today, this is largely a thing of the past. Very likely, Ole Bessie is chained for most of her life in an enormous barn with several hundred other cows. She can do little more than eat, lactate, and defecate. This makes her prone to infection, so she receives antibiotics. At milking time, vacuum hoses are attached to her teats as her udders are pumped dry. Like her brothers and sisters in the feedlot, Bessie is treated as little more than a biological machine. As soon as her milk production falls below a certain level, she is sent ot the slaughterhouse.
Clearly, the consumption of dairy products raises some issues for the humane and environmentally aare consumer. Bessie may not be the smartest of god's creatures, but she probably knows the difference between life in a stall and in a psture. With our glass of milk, bit of cheese, even our wholesome bowl of yogurt, we are contributing to her life of incarceration.
Eggs
There is something appealing in thinking of a flock of hens clucking about the yard, trysting with the rooster behind the willow tree, and laying an occasional egg to nourish their human caretakers. Again this pleasant image is a thing of the past. Most chickens (both egg layers and those destined for the frying pan) are raised in conditions that make a feedlot or dairy barn look like a four-star luxury hotel.
The typical chicken spends her life in a windowless factory inside a cage that is one fook high and one foot long. She eats, defecates, and lays her eggs in the same spot. She is fed hormones and soused with antibiotics. The factory lighting is manipulated so the day passes quickly and the chicken lays more frequently. The bird is lucky to survive a singly year under such conditions.
What You Can Do
Shop in health food stores, food co-ops, and farmer's markets, and look for eggs from free-range chickens. These are the best places to find dairy products from small farms, which are more likely to treat animals humanely.
*Reprinted with permission from East West: The Journal of Natural Health and Living. All rights reserved.
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