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  Pork Story

  Thanks ,once again Canis, for speaking up for the animals.   So long as there is silence on the subject of what exactly eating and/or extracting body fluids and eggs from farmed animals actually means to the animals involved, we are all complicit in supporting one of the most unsustainable, polluting and cruel industries on the planet , a.k.a. animal agriculture.

  As a former NC resident, I know how "traditional" pork is to the South. Maybe it's time to insert a little reality into the picture.  How about tours of the Smithfield  slaughter houses?  And where  are the "happy pigs" slaughtered after enjoying a brief life of mud and sunshine? Can that be seen as well ?
  Come on, we can do better than this...we don't need to eat the flesh or reproductive by-products of animals...and with so many fantastic vegan alternatives,  it just seems incredibly cruel and foolish to continue such "traditions".
  DaleOn Pushing for 'fair food' on campus in the land of hog factories posted 1 year, 8 months ago 22 Responses

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  Voice for the Fishes

  Thank you, CanisCandida, for consistently representing the animals' interests, no matter how distant they are from our anthropocentric ideals of beauty, cuteness or usefullness.
  Dale BallOn New studies show salmon farms destroy wild stocks posted 1 year, 9 months ago 17 Responses

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  Monsanto In Business Week

  Tom, Here's a chilly affirmation of your take on Monsanto's share of the seed market, with a decidedly detached air :
  http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_51/b40630 ...

  You may have already seen it.   I heard an interview with the article's author this afternoon and then, within the hour, found the very same Business Week magazine in my dentist's waiting room !   Figured I should share this bit of kismet with fellow followers of your posts.
  Take care,
  Dale BallOn Cheers and jeers for the GM seed giant. posted 1 year, 9 months ago 3 Responses

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  Toxic Tuna

  Thank you, Andrew Sharpless, for reminding people that the slivers of sushi on their plate comes from a creature that lived in the sea, sometimes for many years, and is now dangerously overfished. Thank you for bringing the fish to the table in the discussion of mercury and fish consumption.    Healthy, tasty and ethical alternatives to consuming animals and their by-products are now widely available, leave the fish in the ocean !
  Dale Ball  On The mercury problem isn't contained to New York City's sushi restaurants and markets posted 1 year, 10 months ago 11 Responses