Comments on: Agribusiness Attacks “Omnivore” Michael Pollan http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/10/agribusiness-attacks-omnivore-michael-pollan/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: skippy http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/10/agribusiness-attacks-omnivore-michael-pollan/#comment-57546 skippy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:37:58 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=11371#comment-57546 All you animal rights people need to start asking your selfs some questions. You are heading for a train wreck. Are you aware that 300 million acres of grain is planted world wide? Are you aware that the 300 million acres of grain are used to feed all the animals (Food chain an otherwise)? Are you aware that the animals eat genetically spliced grain? Are you aware that if humans eat that crain it could cause death? Are you aware there a limited amount of land and grain seed available for human grain production? Are you aware that even if humans could eat unaltered grain from the above 300 million acres that the price would skyrocket. The grain is altered with insecticide and herbicide without it labor cost wood push prices 100 times what they are. Dont any of you look before you leap? All you animal rights people need to start asking your selfs some questions. You are heading for a train wreck. Are you aware that 300 million acres of grain is planted world wide? Are you aware that the 300 million acres of grain are used to feed all the animals (Food chain an otherwise)? Are you aware that the animals eat genetically spliced grain? Are you aware that if humans eat that crain it could cause death? Are you aware there a limited amount of land and grain seed available for human grain production? Are you aware that even if humans could eat unaltered grain from the above 300 million acres that the price would skyrocket. The grain is altered with insecticide and herbicide without it labor cost wood push prices 100 times what they are. Dont any of you look before you leap?

]]> By: kalidas http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/10/agribusiness-attacks-omnivore-michael-pollan/#comment-57489 kalidas Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:29:44 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=11371#comment-57489 This is ONE years worth of animal slaughter on this earth. - 45,895 million (45.9 billion) chickens -- 2,262 million (2.3 billion) ducks -- 1,244 million (1.2 billion) pigs -- 857 million rabbits -- 691 million turkeys -- 533 million geese -- 515 million sheep -- 345 million goats -- 292 million cows and calves (for beef and veal) -- 65 million other rodents (not including rabbits) -- 63 million pigeons and other birds -- 23 million buffalo -- 4 million horses -- 3 million donkeys and mules -- 2 million camels (and other camelids) There is, by the laws of material nature a karmic reaction to this tidal wave of misery and death inflicted upon these innocent creatures. "To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is always enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally." A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.10.6) This is ONE years worth of animal slaughter on this earth.

- 45,895 million (45.9 billion) chickens
– 2,262 million (2.3 billion) ducks
– 1,244 million (1.2 billion) pigs
– 857 million rabbits
– 691 million turkeys
– 533 million geese
– 515 million sheep
– 345 million goats
– 292 million cows and calves (for beef and veal)
– 65 million other rodents (not including rabbits)
– 63 million pigeons and other birds
– 23 million buffalo
– 4 million horses
– 3 million donkeys and mules
– 2 million camels (and other camelids)

There is, by the laws of material nature a karmic reaction to this tidal wave of misery and death inflicted upon these innocent creatures.

“To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan’s philosophy. In this age there is always enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally.” A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.10.6)

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