Thought for the Day
Demand, not supply, is the motor of the current food inflation. A growing taste for meat and dairy in newly prosperous parts of the world is one important factor. When it takes 10 kilos of feed to make one of … Continue reading
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Thought for the Day
It was as if someone gave Upton Sinclair a video camera and a Web link. Animal cruelty charges were filed, the slaughterhouse was shut down and Congress held hearings. The Agriculture Department announced the recall of more than 143 million … Continue reading
Thought for the Day
Rather than anthropomorphizing animals, man more often has chosen to sanctify himself while animalizing himself. Marguerite Yourcenar, Les yeux ouverts, 1980
Thought for the Day
A San Francisco judge has ruled that chickens are not “livestock,” and, as a result, are not subject to the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act, according to court filings. A lawsuit brought by the Humane Society of the United States … Continue reading
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Thought for the Day
A human [is] not a fallen god, but a promoted reptile. J. Howard Moore, The Universal Kinship, 1906
Thought for the Day
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. Lewis Mumford, The Culture of Cities, 1938
