Source: The Record (Kitchener), September 29, 2008, KEVIN SWAYZE

International poultry expert Peter Hunton is tired of the question.

“What came first? The chicken or the egg?”

The Cambridge man answers in a deadpan tone.

“I don’t have a good answer to that question.”

But ask Hunton, 72, a serious question about his life’s work and conversation comes easy for a 2008 inductee to the International Poultry Hall of Fame.

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Posted by FFC on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under Housing,Poultry
Tags :: animal welfare, chicken, eggs, Farmers, Housing, meat, Poultry

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BY CRYSTAL MACKAY, ONTARIO FARM ANIMAL COUNCIL, London Free Press, 2006.04.22; Letter to the Editor

Regarding the letter, Meat products harmful to the environment (April 20):

I’d like to do something crazy and write in favour of something, which seems to be out of vogue these days. Eating meat is actually good for the environment and makes ecological sense.

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Posted by FFC on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under Letters to the Editor,Vegetarian
Tags :: environment, Farmers, food, meat, Vegetarian

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The pigsite , August 04, 2008

INDIANA – It’s no secret that the farms of today are significantly different from those of generations past.

Dr. Jeff Harker’s veterinarian practice is dedicated solely to swine.Today’s farmers depend on technology such as GPS, odor filtration systems and computer programs to efficiently and safely produce food to feed the world’s growing population says a feature in the Indy Star. But the picture of modern farming sometimes makes those outside of agriculture uneasy.

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Posted by FFC on July 21st, 2009 :: Filed under Family vs factory farming,Housing,Pork
Tags :: animal care, education, Farmers, meat, p, pigs, Pork

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Jennifer Bain, Toronto Star, 2007.04.04

The real deal about veal; The Ontario Veal Association president opens her barn for a tour, encouraging butchers, supermarkets, chefs and consumers to learn more about this lean red meat

Ontario farmers want you to know how they do – and don’t – produce veal.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Education and public awareness,Housing,Veal
Tags :: animal care, cattle, dairy cattle, farm tours, Farmers, meat, Ontario, Veal

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Myth about calves raised in darkness hampers veal image

By Greg Burliuk, Kingston Whig-Standard, 2002.06.01

Mention the word veal and some people cringe.

“How can you eat baby cows?” was the cry I heard years ago. A British friend once told me that was why veal consumption was so low in her animal -loving country.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Education and public awareness,Veal,Vegetarian
Tags :: activists, animal welfare, meat, Veal, Vegetarian

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By Baxter Black, Amarillo Globe News, October 16, 2007

To: Directors of HSUS, PETA, and the Farm Sanctuary

The first step in engaging an issue is to have the ability to
understand your ‘opponents’ point of view. I have watched your criticisms as we in animal agriculture have become more productive.

Your criticisms range from a distaste of raising chickens in cages to
promoting a vegan lifestyle and degrees in between.
I have visited with each of you on the telephone and I can’t paint you
all with the same brush, but I can include you in the same picture.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Education and public awareness
Tags :: activists, animal welfare, Consumers, Farmers, meat, Vegetarian

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Letter to the Editor, Readers Digest Magazine, December 2007

The October issue of Readers Digest carries an editorial titled “Food For Thought: Pets are family, but chickens are food?” Written by a rural vet in Quebec, this editorial claims to “examine our changing view of other creatures” to make an argument for applying the same standards to food animals as we do our pets.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Education and public awareness,Family vs factory farming
Tags :: activists, animal care, animal welfare, animals, Consumers, meat

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VALERIE TAPLEY, Red and Black, GA, 7/3/08

In response to Tulsi Patel’s column “Vegetarian pleas for animals,” (June 19), first, Ms. Patel, I do applaud you for having an opinion on this issue, as so many people are apathetic about many parts of our culture today.

However, I hope you see that people like myself, who are hoping to enter the meat industry as an employee in the near future, are not writing articles in an attempt to convert vegetarians to meat-eaters.

I’m glad you have a lifestyle you’re proud of, but that doesn’t mean I want to necessarily be converted to your ways of thinking. I do grant that you are able to get an adequate intake from a vegetarian diet, so long as you watch carefully your intake of certain vitamins and proteins.

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Posted by FFC on July 19th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Education and public awareness,Vegetarian
Tags :: agriculture, livestock, meat, misconceptions, PETA, Vegetarian

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By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press, Jan 07, 2009

Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team — a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that’s nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian.

”I get a lot of flak for it in the locker room,” said the 16-year-old junior at Westborough High School in Massachusetts.

”All the time, my friends try to get me to eat meat and tell me how good it tastes and how much bigger I would be,” said Silverman, who is 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds. ”But for me, there’s no real temptation.”

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Posted by FFC on June 10th, 2009 :: Filed under Consumers,Vegetarian
Tags :: diet, food, meat, Vegetarian

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