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On "That's Why We Don't Eat Animals"

Animal Person

And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmed animals. The significant problem with this book is that the solution to the problems posed (which begin with "On factory farms. ") could easily be some Farm Forward-endorsed small operation where many of the horrors of factory farming don't exist.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. So why would they not insist that the cow that became their steak was treated humanely? Peters Paso Robles, Calif., I think most would, enthusiastically. 21, 2008