On Thursday, June 7, NPR's Terri Gross interviewed Tom Philpott who is the food and ag blogger for Mother Jones. The interview is titled "Accessing Consumer Concerns About the Meat Industry." It is fascinating and I recommend you listen though I suggest you do so on an empty stomach lest you lose your lunch.
You'll hear about chickens being fed protein from cows, and cows being fed chicken waste. That's not just disgusting but it's a good recipe for Mad Cow disease. And you'll learn more about the massive use of antibiotics in raising livestock and how that is endangering human health. The cruelty to animals is not specifically noted but the ways in which animals are packed together is discussed, with the cruelty aspect inherent in that discussion.
You'll find the interview on line at
http://tinyurl.com/c6n92bf
Fresh Air wants comments from listeners and some will be read on the air. Please at the very least thank the show for discussing this important topic. Then, if you are moved to, add any comment -- about the animals, or vegan diets, or whatever feels right to you. The show takes comments at
http://tinyurl.com/d63dveu
My thanks go to Roy Rendahl and Elaine Livesey-Fassel for making sure we knew about the interview.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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Please go to http://tinyurl.com/254ulkx to check out Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," which when it was published in 2008 was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of The Year!")
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Date: Sat Jun 9 14:02:23 2012
