Why the VEGANISM urgency and pressure

 

Why the VEGANISM urgency and pressure?

It took countless and repeated lies and many years to indoctrinate and program and condition humankind to WILLINGLY accept and perform and adopt acts of extreme cruelty against countless sentient beings, acts of self destruction and acts of... planetary destruction.

While it won't take AS long, it will, however, take enough repeated TRUTHS in order to DEprogram the individual and collective mind and reawaken the heart and mind of HUMANE KIND to the urgency of situation in which we have been born and to become aware of the world which we are individually and collectively cocreate...

such messages cannot be posted and shared often enough and they will make the rounds and rounds until each human being will have been awakened:

Why the VEGANISM urgency and pressure?
It is very simple
BECAUSE

ANIMAL FARMING and killing, INCLUDING INDUSTRY, "sustainable", family owned, bio-dynamic, grass fed, free-range, "humanely" raised ANIMAL FARMING, hunting and fishing is literally KILLING our planet, BY THE HOUR...by the MINUTE and here is how...

According to the Nature Conservancy, every second of every day one football field of rainforest is being destroyed. Much of this forestland is being cut down to farm and raise livestock, which is then exported to the U.S. and ends up in fast-food hamburgers. According to the Rainforest Action Network, 55 square feet of tropical rainforest are destroyed to make every fast-food hamburger made from rainforest cattle. This is an area about the size of a small kitchen and it is gone forever each time one of these hamburgers is eaten. It is even worse because with each square foot of rainforest gone, up to 30 different plant species, 100 different insect species and dozens of bird, mammal and reptile species are destroyed. The rainforests are so important
because half of the species on earth live in them and the forests are vital to the world’s oxygen supply.


Did you know that livestock production is very inefficient... 80% of world’s farm lands are now being used to produce meat, dairy products, and eggs

“Livestock are one of the most significant contributors to today’s most serious environmental problems. Urgent action is needed to remedy the situation.” That's from the 2006 UN report "Livestock's Long Shadow", which states that livestock produce more climate changing greenhouse gases than all forms of transportation combined. The human appetite for animal flesh is also a driving force behind air and water pollution, soil erosion, fresh water scarcity, and deforestation, including the clearing of tropical rain forests to grow feed for livestock animals. Our personal food choices wield tremendous power... the power to say "NO" to the industries that are driving the destruction of our planet, and
say "YES" to Life.

Much more here:
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/02/foods-that-kill-or-foods-that-heal-our.html

and here
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/06/sustainable-animal-farming-myth-debunked.html


WHY ELSE the VEGANism urgency?
simple...
BECAUSE,
EVERY MINUTE, in the world:
2000 RABBITS, 900 SHEEP, 500 CATTLE, 2,600 PIGS, 3,000 DUCKS, 1,200 TURKEYS, 84,000 CHICKENS, plus many more animals, get SLAUGHTERED and consumed as FOOD...

to do your math and to view the LIVE ongoing chart of the # of slaughtered farm animals on a minute by minute account, visit http://www.adaptt.org/killcounter.html

AND http://www.circleofcompassion.org/,
scroll mid main/home page on the left side...

MORE HERE:

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2011/11/agn-veg-global-red-pill-how-it-all.html


FARM ANIMALS beauty, intelligence and consciousness in VIDEO
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/06/farm-animals-beauty-intelligence-and.html

ANIMALS’ TRUE PURPOSE on Earth
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/animals-true-purpose-on-earth.html
 

 ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS and INTELLIGENCE
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/animal-consciousness-and-intelligence.html


And BECAUSE:
"The leading causes of death in the Western world—heart disease, cancer, and stroke—can often be prevented and even treated—with proper dietary and lifestyle changes. Explore nutrition’s role in combating specific illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, cancer, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, endometriosis, food borne illness, heart disease, high blood pressure, mad cow disease, migraines, Parkinson's disease, prostate problems, premenstrual pain and PMS, and stroke by following a vegan diet." ~ Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
6,000 Physicians for responsible medicine organization
http://www.pcrm.org/

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2011/12/science-and-health.html


BREAKING, absolutely unparalleled, HISTORICAL news!! The TIDE has already TURNED and our world will never be the same, and this is why: http://wholefed.org/2013/06/07/17000-reasons-to-eat-a-plant-based-diet/
Kaiser Permanente is a leader. I have never commented on a hospital system before but I constantly find KP behind initiatives I support. Kaiser Permanente, with some $50 billion in annual revenue, owns 37 hospitals and employs 17,000 doctors, all on salary. They have 9 million members!
So imagine my delight when I saw the headline; KP urging all their doctors to recommend a plant-based lifestyle. The tide is coming in and it is George Halvorson, current CEO and his successor, Bernard Tyson, leading the way.

And BECAUSE:
FOOD, the most dangerous weapon of mass control
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/08/food-most-dangerous-weapon-of-mass.html


MEAT EATING, ANIMAL KILLING and OUR CHILDREN
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/meat-eating-animal-killing-and-our.html

Eating Meat and its effects on Spiritual Vibration Frequency
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/eating-meat-and-its-effects-on.html

Religion, Animals and VEGetarianism
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/04/religion-animals-and-vegetarianism.html


SOULutions and HEALING tools

How to make a smooth, natural transition to a vegan lifestyle
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-make-smooth-natural-transition.html


CRUELTY FREE HOLIDAYS TRADITIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RECIPES
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/cruelty-free-holidays-traditional.html



HUMAN SPIRITUAL evolution through FOOD
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2012/01/human-spiritual-evolution-through-food.html



PLANT or ANIMAL based foods?
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2012/01/plant-or-animal-based-foods.html


Animal liberation WORLD rEVOLution
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/07/animal-liberation-world-revolution.html


Religion, Animals and VEGetarianism
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/04/religion-animals-and-vegetarianism.html


FARM ANIMALS beauty, intelligence and consciousness in VIDEO
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/06/farm-animals-beauty-intelligence-and.html

ANIMALS’ TRUE PURPOSE on Earth
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/animals-true-purpose-on-earth.html
 

 ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS and INTELLIGENCE
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/animal-consciousness-and-intelligence.html


DEBUNKING our FOOD MYTHS
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/12/debunking-our-food-myths.html

 PROOF that we are undergoing a SPONTANeous SPIRITUAL rEVOLution:

We KNOW our world is massively EVOLving when:
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/04/we-know-our-world-is-massively-evolving.html


OLD food industries go extinct while NEW ones are born
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/03/old-food-industries-go-extinct-while.html


WORLD PEACE DIET
https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldpeacediet/


Can Veganism Save the World? http://ow.ly/nWvCk Meatless, dairy-less, eggless vegan diet brings us peace of mind
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Can-Veganism-Save-the-Worl-by-Suzana-Megles-130814-286.html

Sustainable animal farming myth debunked

1999 message (14 years old) 

"We will find we can no longer subsidize or ignore the costs of mass-producing cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep, and fish to feed our growing population. These costs include hugely inefficient use of fresh water and land, heavy pollution from livestock feces, rising rates of heart disease and other degenerative illnesses and spreading destruction of our forests on which much of the planet's life depends." - -Time Magazine - 11/8/99

Each and every movement and organization promoting SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL AGRICULTURE needs to pause their public message for a few days and discover the truth and the urgency of it, behind what they are promoting. Time is of the essence in unraveling these vital facts and adopt real sustainable methods to feed our selves.

Both problems and real solutions are outlined in great detail within the following 2 links

 Is there really such thing as "sustainable" animal agriculture at GLOBAL scale?

Some believe it is
but what's the TRUTH?

Following the growing trend of "sustainable" animal agriculture, the time has come for the sustainable animal farming MYTH to come to light and for all people and organizations promoting such myth, to be called on to taking a deeper look at what exactly it is  that they inadvertently promote, at such a huge cost on our planetary ecosystems

the links  contained within this page will open up everyone's eyes and offer real sustainable solutions, before they continue to spread the myth of sustainable animal farming, at any scale

Sustainability and Food Choice: Why Eating Local, "Less" Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won't Work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fws0f9s4Bas   

 PROBLEMS (past) and SOLUTIONS (present and future) on this same page

To grasp a bird’s overview on the fascinating mind, eye and heart opening materials below, is best to first read the TITLES and added paragraphs from the more in depth articles of each listed link below

BREAKING, absolutely unparalleled, HISTORICAL news!! The TIDE has already TURNED and our world will never be the same, and this is why:  http://wholefed.org/2013/06/07/17000-reasons-to-eat-a-plant-based-diet/

 Kaiser Permanente is a leader.  I have never commented on a hospital system before but I constantly find KP behind initiatives I support.  Kaiser Permanente, with some $50 billion in annual revenue, owns 37 hospitals and employs 17,000 doctors, all on salary.  They have 9 million members!

So imagine my delight when I saw the headline; KP urging all their doctors to recommend a plant-based lifestyle.  The tide is coming in and it is George Halvorson, current CEO and his successor, Bernard Tyson, leading the way.

The myth of sustainable meat
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/opinion/the-myth-of-sustainable-meat.html?_r=0

Aren't "humane" animal products more sustainable?

http://www.humanemyth.org/faq/1127.htm

The Myth of Eco-Friendly Animal Products

http://gentleworld.org/the-myth-of-eco-friendly-animal-products/

http://www.tribeofheart.org/peaceablejourney/mediabase/1287.htm

Sustainable

A way of living, which if adopted by the great majority of human beings, would allow for the continuance of a healthy ecosystem capable of supporting diverse forms of plant and animal life, and clean water and air.

Common confusion: Those propagating the "humane myth" often refer to one form of using and killing animals, or one type of animal product, as being "more sustainable" than another, or simply as "sustainable." At current rates of consumption, no form of animal agriculture now known is sustainable. On the contrary, a recent study carried out by UN scientists demonstrated that animal agriculture is the number one source of greenhouse gas impact, making a greater contribution to global warming than all cars, trucks, buses, air planes, trains, and ships combined. Even if there were enough land available to raise the more than 50 billion animals now being used and killed annually worldwide on the idyllic "Old McDonald's farm," the result would still be a continuation of the ecological catastrophe now underway. Further, the production of food for a diet based on grains, nuts, vegetables and fruits uses several times less energy and water and creates vastly less pollution than a diet based on meat, milk, and eggs.

Sustainable animal products an oxymoron

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyle/sustainable-animal-products-an-oxymoron/

It is impossible to allocate sufficient land to pasture-raise animals and feed the billions of people on the planet meat, dairy, and eggs. At current consumption levels, to feed all 7 billion people animal products, we have to cram farmed animals into tiny spaces and stack them on top of each other. Fifty-five billion land animals are raised and slaughtered each year world wide. They already occupy 80 percent of the Earth’s total usable arable land (See Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options). How much more can we spare?

Imagine a modern egg operation with thousands of hens crowded in a windowless warehouse occupying about an acre of land. Now imagine how much land would be needed to let all those hens have the room they need and deserve. How many acres would that take? We simply don’t have the space.

Loss of biodiversity and habitat destruction is already a considerable concern when it comes to animal agriculture.  Globally, livestock production is one of the leading causal factors in the loss of biodiversity and a key factor in loss of species. Within certain regions in the U.S., livestock grazing is the number one cause of species being federally listed as threatened or endangered (See Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options). Shifting to a diet with local animal products has the potential to increase the damage to biodiversity as more community’s open spaces would be required for free-ranging animals (See “Green” Eggs and Ham? The Myth of Sustainable Meat and the Danger of the Local by Vasile Stanescu).

Free-range animal farming is not an ecologically viable method of food production. A global shift to a plant-based diet is the only solution to preserving our environment and having enough food to feed everyone.

http://www.upc-online.org/thinking/green_eggs.html

While locavores imagine all factory farms eventually turning into more sustainable small-scale family farms, that ideal is simply not physically possible given the world’s current rate of meat consumption. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s recent report Livestock’s Long Shadow, over fifty-five billion land animals are raised and slaughtered every year worldwide for human consumption. This rate of slaughter already consumes thirty percent of the earth’s entire land surface (approximately 3,433 billion hectares [8483.128 acres]) and accounts for a staggering eighty percent of the total land utilized by humans.^[10] Even when the land currently used for feed crop production is subtracted, as theoretically it might be in a fully local farm system, the total area currently occupied by grazing alone still constitutes, in the words of the report “26 percent of the ice-free terrestrial surface of the planet.”^[11] And this number is only expected to grow as both human population and human consumption of meat and dairy continue to rise.^[12] Therefore, in addition to problems of sustainability, meat consumption also entails a massive loss of biodiversity which, ironically, would actually be increased by a shift to a locally based diet, as even more land would have to be set aside for free-range grazing. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization report, “306 of the 825 terrestrial ecoregions identified by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)…reported livestock as one of the current threats.”^[13]

In other words, shifting from beef to vegetables for even a single day a week would in fact be more helpful in reducing greenhouse gases than shifting the entirety of one’s diet to exclusively locally produced sources. This conclusion makes sense when we consider the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change findings that meat production contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation industry, including all automobiles, combined.^[8] In fact, recent research suggests that organic free range animals may, in specific cases, be more harmful to the environment than animal raised “conventionally.” As the Audubon society recently reported…

http://www.woodstocksanctuary.org/learn/the-humane-farming-myth/
The Death of the Myth of Humane Farming
“Supporting alternatives to the industrial production of animal products serves the ultimate interest of industrial producers. The decision to eat animal products sourced from small, local, and sustainable farms might seem like a fundamental rejection of big business as usual. It is, however, an implicit but powerful confirmation of the single most critical behavior necessary to the perpetuation of factory farming: eating animals. So long as consumers continue to eat meat, eggs, and dairy — even if they are sourced from small farms practicing the highest welfare and safety standards — they’re providing, however implicitly, an endorsement of the products that big agriculture will always be able to produce more efficiently and cheaply. And thus dominate.” (9)
“Humane” Farming is Not Environmentally Sustainable
In spite of the intensive confinement model that presently dominates Western and, increasingly, global farming of animals for food, livestock now use 30 per cent of the earth’s entire land surface. If we humanely pastured all 100 million cows in the United States on grass, cattle would require (using the conservative estimate of 10 acres per cow) almost half the country’s land–and this excludes the land we would need in order to raise all of the pigs, chickens, sheep and goats free range. (2)
In addition to land, there is the issue of greenhouse gases. First, it is an unavoidable fact of ruminant digestion that methane is released into the atmosphere, trapping heat with alarming efficiency. Secondly, livestock make manure that produces nitrous oxide, an even more efficient heat trapper. U.S. livestock generate a billion tons of manure per year, contributing a whopping 65 percent of the planet’s total human-caused nitrous oxide emissions. (3) So if we sent all those cruelly confined cows out to pasture?  It is estimated that pasture-raised cows produce 4 times more greenhouse gases than cows raised in confinement. This is because cows subsisting on grass, as nature intended, grow much slower than cows fed on grain. Therefore it takes them significantly longer to reach slaughter weight. The longer it takes cows to grow, the more methane and nitrous-oxide they are emitting. (4) Free-range chickens also have a 20 percent greater impact on global warming than conventionally confined chickens. (5)

The truth about grassfed beef

http://www.foodrevolution.org/blog/the-truth-about-grassfed-beef/

HOW EACH of our meals affect OUR VERY HOME  PLANET? KNOWledge is POWER

MEAT and the ENVIRONMENT
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/11/meat-and-environment.html

Foods that KILL or foods that HEAL our planet

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/02/foods-that-kill-or-foods-that-heal-our.html

“HUMANE” MEAT, dairy, eggs and fish FOOD myth debunked

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/06/humane-meat-dairy-eggs-and-fish-food.html

SOLUTIONS, and PLENTY of

The FUTURE is already HERE  

MEAT, DAIRY and EGGS of the FUTURE are HERE

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/06/meat-dairy-and-eggs-of-future-are-here.html

NEW food industries are born while OLD ones go extinct

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/06/new-food-industries-are-born-while-old.html

HEALTHY and PROFITABLE BREAKTHROUGH methods of growing REAL FOOD, YEAR ROUND, EVEN IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, WITH NO ELECTRICITY needed

Growing Winter Organic Produce

http://galacticawakeningandhealing.blogspot.com/2012/02/growing-winter-organic-produce.html

ORGANIC SOIL nutrients and products

http://galacticawakeningandhealing.blogspot.com/2012/02/organic-soil-nutrients-and-products.html

Astonishing, EXPONENTIAL, tsunami like changes are taking place overnight all over the world, in this vital direction: 

We KNOW our world is massively EVOLving when

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/04/we-know-our-world-is-massively-evolving.html

KNOWledge is the TRUE SELF SELFsustainability (independence, FREEdom)

DEBUNKING our FOOD MYTHS
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/12/debunking-our-food-myths.html

FOOD, the most dangerous weapon of mass control

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/08/food-most-dangerous-weapon-of-mass.html

Animal farmers awakening and healing

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/05/animal-farmers-awakening-and-healing.html

Veganic agriculture/permaculture

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/veganic-agriculturepermaculture.html



PLANT or ANIMAL based foods?
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2012/01/plant-or-animal-based-foods.html

CRUELTY FREE HOLIDAYS TRADITIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RECIPES
 http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/cruelty-free-holidays-traditional.html

WHO else is immensely benefiting from these changes? 

FARM ANIMALS beauty, intelligence and consciousness in VIDEO http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/06/farm-animals-beauty-intelligence-and.html

SENTIENCE

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/01/sentience_7.html

ANIMALS’ TRUE PURPOSE on Earth
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/animals-true-purpose-on-earth.html

FREE WILL and FOOD
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/07/free-will-and-food.html



The NATURAL foods for humankind TEST
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/08/the-natural-foods-for-humankind-test.html

How to make a smooth, natural transition to a vegan lifestyle

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-make-smooth-natural-transition.html 

STORIES that change the WORLD

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/03/stories-that-change-world.html

World saving most powerful truths
http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2012/08/world-saving-most-powerful-truths.html

NEW food industries are born while OLD ones go extinct

NEW food industries are born while OLD ones go extinct

To grasp a bird’s overview on the fascinating mind, eye and heart opening materials below, it is best to first read the TITLES of each link listed below

http://wholefed.org/2013/06/07/17000-reasons-to-eat-a-plant-based-diet/

 Kaiser Permanente is a leader.  I have never commented on a hospital system before but I constantly find KP behind initiatives I support.  Kaiser Permanente, with some $50 billion in annual revenue, owns 37 hospitals and employs 17,000 doctors, all on salary.  They have 9 million members!

So imagine my delight when I saw the headline; KP urging all their doctors to recommend a plant-based lifestyle.  The tide is coming in and it is George Halvorson, current CEO and his successor, Bernard Tyson, leading the way.

The FUTURE is already here

MEAT, DAIRY and EGGS of the FUTURE are HERE

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/06/meat-dairy-and-eggs-of-future-are-here.html

Foods that KILL or foods that HEAL our planet

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/02/foods-that-kill-or-foods-that-heal-our.html

Astonishing, EXPONENTIAL, tsunami like changes are taking place overnight all over the world, in this vital direction:  

We KNOW our world is massively EVOLving when

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/04/we-know-our-world-is-massively-evolving.html

HUMAN SPIRITUAL evolution through FOOD

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2012/01/human-spiritual-evolution-through-food.html 

How to make a smooth, natural transition to a vegan lifestyle

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-make-smooth-natural-transition.html 

The PAST, or Undeniable and Unavoidable collapse of the OLD WAYS

Animal food industries around the world go bankrupt AND LOSE BUSINESS

McDonald’s Closing All Restaurants in country of Bolivia as Bolivians Reject Fast Food - Why are we in the "developed" world so inferior in our basic intelligence?  http://www.naturalnews.com/040752_Bolivia_McDonalds_restaurants_fast_food.html

(Reuters) - For the past decade, cattle ranchers and meat packers watched with despair as America's beef consumption steadily declined, ceding ground to leaner meats as well as vegetarian trends among the health-conscious.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/us-usa-beef-consumption-idUSTRE7BL1MI20111222

U.S. beef producers have faced serious declines in the domestic demand for beef products (Genho, Purcell, Schroeder).

http://ajae.oxfordjournals.org/content/85/4/902.abstract

http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/141112/korea___retail_meat_sales_slow_.aspx

http://indianapublicmedia.org/eartheats/american-meat-consumption-steady-downward-slide/

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Market/What-s-driving-the-decline-in-US-meat-consumption

http://www.just-food.com/comment/horsemeat-saga-exacerbates-ready-meal-sales-decline_id122405.aspx

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9894871/Frozen-burger-sales-fall-43pc-amid-horse-meat-scandal.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2012/08/06/tyson-investors-loose-appetite-after-dimmed-outlook-drought-worries/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/farming/9408891/Dairy-farmers-are-being-skimmed-alive.html

http://www.thebullvine.com/news/decline-dairy-farms-contributes-lost-jobs-usa/

http://www.ingredientsnetwork.com/news-content/full/us-dairy-prices-down-as-demand-decreases-and-output-rises

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-21/cattle-fall-for-second-day-as-demand-may-decrease-hogs-decline.html

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/were-eating-less-meat-why/

Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/26/food-shortages-world-vegetarianism?fb=optOut

Livestock producers near 'breaking point'

http://www.feedstuffs.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F4D1A9DFCD974EAD8CD5205E15C1CB42&nm=Daily+News&type=news&mod=News&mid=A3D60400B4204079A76C4B1B129CB433&tier=3&nid=F50CC2B01CB94D1FB5A3BC32B4E1793F

Tyson Foods, the nation's biggest meat company, reported that its profits fell 61% in the most recent quarter due in large part to lower consumer demand for chicken and beef, and for rising costs of grain. Please visit Lower Demand for Meat Weighs on Tyson's Results   

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/business/lower-demand-for-meat-affects-tysons-results.html?_r=3  

It’s fantastic news to learn that people are eating fewer animal products and that mega-companies like Tyson are not invincible by any means. After all, Tyson and other business that profit from exploiting God’s animals depend entirely on the support of consumers. Fortunately, every day more people are learning about the devastating effects of the animal agriculture industry. The decrease in Tyson’s profits is a step on the right direction. 

 Have a blessed day!

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Lorena Mucke

Coordinator

Christian Vegetarian Association

www.ChristianVeg.org

Meat-Free Product Sales Are Rising as Meat Consumption Falls

http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/10/meat-free-eating-making-cents-dollars-all/

U.S. milk sales reach lowest level in decades

http://www.jsonline.com/business/us-milk-sales-reach-lowest-level-in-decades-4m6mnqa-168400516.html

Calif. expected to lose 100 dairy farms

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Calif-expected-to-lose-100-dairy-farms-3946897.php#src=fb

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/usa-zackyfarms-bankruptcy-idUSL1N0B6E8P20130206

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100409345

http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2013-03-15/farmforum/37753372_1_turkey-plant-electric-bill-turkey-industry

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/03/14/3914324/house-of-raeford-farms-to-lay.html

Plant Closed by USDA Supplied Beef for In-N-Out Burger

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/plant-closed-usda-supplied-beef-burger/story?id=17051866#.UDQgPkScSwU

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/opinion/sunday/kristof-where-cows-are-happy-and-food-is-healthy.html?_r=3&emc=eta1

Meat-Eaters Responsible for Veg Meals Rise

Meat consumption is down and it seems logic to thank vegetarian and vegan people for this; however, the good news is that this positive trend seems to be caused largely by meat-eaters looking for healthier, delicious veg options when dining out and in their homes. http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2012/11/08/cover-story-meat-eaters-lead-rise-in-vegetarian-options.html

“HUMANE” MEAT, dairy, eggs and fish FOOD myth debunked

http://agnvegglobal.blogspot.ca/2013/06/humane-meat-dairy-eggs-and-fish-food.html