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Factory Farms & Animals As Food

Community conversation, and “humane” meat

October 9, 2008 by hollie Factory Farms & Animals As Food

Last night I went to a community talk at a local art gallery. I went with my mother-in-law, Julie, and I’m guessing the event had about thirty other people in attendance. The owner of the gallery is sponsoring these conversations, happening once a month, on various themes, and this month’s theme was “Food”.
Despite the one-word [...]

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Why would I go vegan, anyway?

August 28, 2008 by hollie Factory Farms & Animals As Food

A good friend of mine, who I will refer to as Mr. G, said he just didn’t get what was wrong with meat, and he didn’t get the ethics argument either. I wanted to respond to that in a post, rather than in comments.
Most people have an idea of what good nutrition is, and we [...]

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