dohboi wrote:So, just curious--for those that accept my list, is there no one who, faced with these multiple global catastrophes, is willing to even consider making some lifestyle or other change that they think, if widely adopted, might, just might, lessen the fury of the calamities that are already starting to rain down upon our heads and that will make the world a living (and dying) hell for generations now and soon to be alive?
Or have you all managed to rationalize your way out of taking even a smidgen of responsibility?
careinke wrote:Now, if you are just talking industrial meat and egg production, I'm with you all the way. Those practices are environmentally disastrous in the not so long run. Plus product is nutritionally deficient because the animals are not being fed correctly (hint cows are not supposed to eat grains).
The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings.
To comply, farmers have to put fewer hens into each cage or invest in revamped henhouses, passing along the expense to consumers shopping at grocery stores.
Jim Dean, president and CEO of Centrum Valley Farms in Iowa and Ohio, said one of his buildings that holds 1.5 million hens is now about half full to meet California's standards, and another building may have to be completely overhauled.
Starbucks in December said it will eliminate the sale of eggs from caged hens, he said, following the lead of Burger King and Whole Foods.
Ken Klippen of the National Association of Egg Farmers said California's egg law, in addition to driving up the cost at the grocery store and putting pressure on egg supplies, will result in more injuries to chickens because housing them in larger pens means they are more likely to run, breaking a leg or wing.
"You're not going to help the chicken," he said. "You're not helping consumers."
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