<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for California’s Prop 2 could end the worst farm-animal abuses and set a national precedent]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Tasermons Partner http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:05:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/1 It's very good, but once again...

...how do they plan to enforce it?

Most large operations ignore even the current safety and abuse regulations, so how can they be expected to follow any new ones?

]]> It's very good, but once again...

...how do they plan to enforce it?

Most large operations ignore even the current safety and abuse regulations, so how can they be expected to follow any new ones?

]]> Comment #2 by PermieWriter http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:18:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/2 Prop 2

It's a start. Unless things go very badly, it looks like it will pass.
Unfortunately, California hosts few of  America's CAFOs, so most of the animals caught in those horrible systems won't even have that little improvement. But we do have a fair few chicken operations, so it will be something.
I see the pro-cruelty folks have gotten a thumbs-up from the Merced county supes and UC Davis. "If we can't torture chickens, you can't have eggs," they whine. Like all such statements, I don't see any actual farmers on the endorsements list. Damn chem-egg industry and their externalized costs.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat



]]> Prop 2

It's a start. Unless things go very badly, it looks like it will pass.
Unfortunately, California hosts few of  America's CAFOs, so most of the animals caught in those horrible systems won't even have that little improvement. But we do have a fair few chicken operations, so it will be something.
I see the pro-cruelty folks have gotten a thumbs-up from the Merced county supes and UC Davis. "If we can't torture chickens, you can't have eggs," they whine. Like all such statements, I don't see any actual farmers on the endorsements list. Damn chem-egg industry and their externalized costs.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat



]]> Comment #3 by bpbri http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:26:04 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/3 Amen

Great Post, Meredith.  Prop 2 in California is probably the most important piece of legislation on the Nov 2008 ballot.  If you live in California, please vote YES.

-Brian in DC

]]> Amen

Great Post, Meredith.  Prop 2 in California is probably the most important piece of legislation on the Nov 2008 ballot.  If you live in California, please vote YES.

-Brian in DC

]]> Comment #4 by Loren Hart http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:54:42 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/4 The march to end factory farming continues!

Factory farming is an immensely cruel and destructive method of feeding ourselves. In a highly competitive capitalistic market with insufficient government regulation, corporations sacrifice the welfare of humans, animals, and the environment for the sake of collecting the profits necessary to stay in business. It's a terribly nasty race to bottom.

Something can be done, however. And it is being done, thanks to organizations like the Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, and millions of concerned citizens all across the globe. Though tens of billions of animals will continue to die each year after having suffered through entire lives spent on these horrible factory farms, there is good reason for hope.

For one, we who oppose factory farming are right in doing so, and we know it. This inspires us to continue pushing on through whatever obstacles we face, and piques the interest of others. For another, it seems to me that most of  humanity is on our side. As more and more people learn what really happens on factory farms, the pressure to end these abuses will grow and grow until the government must act to create ever greater degrees of protection for those who are currently victimized by these systems. The current Proposition 2 campaign in California is one example among many of what can be achieved by the collective action of those of us who are committed to the creation of an increasingly just and compassionate world for all beings.

Thanks Meredith for this great post. I, too, "am trusting Californians to vote yes on Proposition 2 and set the standard for animal, environmental, and food safety standards for the rest of the country to follow."

Thanks for everyone's good work,
Loren Hart
Chapel Hill, NC

]]> The march to end factory farming continues!

Factory farming is an immensely cruel and destructive method of feeding ourselves. In a highly competitive capitalistic market with insufficient government regulation, corporations sacrifice the welfare of humans, animals, and the environment for the sake of collecting the profits necessary to stay in business. It's a terribly nasty race to bottom.

Something can be done, however. And it is being done, thanks to organizations like the Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, and millions of concerned citizens all across the globe. Though tens of billions of animals will continue to die each year after having suffered through entire lives spent on these horrible factory farms, there is good reason for hope.

For one, we who oppose factory farming are right in doing so, and we know it. This inspires us to continue pushing on through whatever obstacles we face, and piques the interest of others. For another, it seems to me that most of  humanity is on our side. As more and more people learn what really happens on factory farms, the pressure to end these abuses will grow and grow until the government must act to create ever greater degrees of protection for those who are currently victimized by these systems. The current Proposition 2 campaign in California is one example among many of what can be achieved by the collective action of those of us who are committed to the creation of an increasingly just and compassionate world for all beings.

Thanks Meredith for this great post. I, too, "am trusting Californians to vote yes on Proposition 2 and set the standard for animal, environmental, and food safety standards for the rest of the country to follow."

Thanks for everyone's good work,
Loren Hart
Chapel Hill, NC

]]> Comment #5 by amc89 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:25:29 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/5 Send this to friends in California

Prop 2 makes me want to leave the east coast for west so I can vote Yes. There's a dozen Propositions on the ballot in California this year so getting the word out about the importance of Prop 2 and preventing cruelty to farm animals is a challenge. Let your California friends know about Prop 2 with this video by Free Range Graphics.  There's dancing pigs!

http://uncaged.yesonprop2.com/

]]> Send this to friends in California

Prop 2 makes me want to leave the east coast for west so I can vote Yes. There's a dozen Propositions on the ballot in California this year so getting the word out about the importance of Prop 2 and preventing cruelty to farm animals is a challenge. Let your California friends know about Prop 2 with this video by Free Range Graphics.  There's dancing pigs!

http://uncaged.yesonprop2.com/

]]> Comment #6 by caniscandida http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:03:12 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/down-on-the-factory-farm/6 Today on Ellen DeGeneres

Karen Dawn, of Dawnwatch.com, is encouraging people to watch today's (September 26) Ellen DeGeneres program, the highlighted topic being Proposition 2:

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You can learn about Prop 2, this issue so dear to Ellen's heart, at http://tinyurl.com/4fwemq

Here's a link that will help you find out when Ellen is on your local TV station so you and your family and friends can watch: http://ellen.warnerbros.com/about/whenitson.php
>>

Wayne Pacelle, of the Humane Society of the US, will be a special guest.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.



]]> Today on Ellen DeGeneres

Karen Dawn, of Dawnwatch.com, is encouraging people to watch today's (September 26) Ellen DeGeneres program, the highlighted topic being Proposition 2:

<<
You can learn about Prop 2, this issue so dear to Ellen's heart, at http://tinyurl.com/4fwemq

Here's a link that will help you find out when Ellen is on your local TV station so you and your family and friends can watch: http://ellen.warnerbros.com/about/whenitson.php
>>

Wayne Pacelle, of the Humane Society of the US, will be a special guest.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.



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