DOCSLIB.ORG

Grazing the Issue

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

April/May 2001, Vol. 10, No. 2 Ł Vitamin B12 shuffle: Time for the meat eaters to be defensive page 11 Maddening cows: Prion-infected feed spreading across the globe Ł page 8 Open letter to Senator Clinton: Veg’ns say, “End the subsidies” Ł page 2 Wild fish, farmed fish: Reports say they’re both contaminated Ł page 6 1996 agriculture-policy overhaul: $46 billion over budget Ł page 7 The VivaVine is a publication of the VivaVegie Society, New York City’s premier vegetarian-outreach organization. The veg/ animal-rights answer to red-meat gourmands STORY, PAGE 14 GrazingAlso the issue Pages 5, 10, and 13 www.vivavegie.org PROGRAMS • OPEN LETTER TO OUR NEW SENATOR VEGETARIAN CENTER PROGRAMS All events are at 121 East 27th Street, Suite 704. Where appropriate, partici- Dear Mrs. Clinton: pants may bring dinner with them. Infor- irst we want to congratulate ers receive payments from the U.S. mation: 646-424-9595. you on your hard-won vic- Treasury to make up for low prices; F tory in November. We look dairy farmers in particular are given forward to you becoming a voice for price floors; and livestock farmers, Lecture series (6:30 P.M.) progressive policies for New York who should have their own insur- Thurs., Apr. 26 & May 24: Government State and the country. That said, we ance, are regularly given disaster re- giveaways to the meat industry: A respectfully submit the following key lief. Animal agriculture also has ben- primer (Pamela Rice) policy initiatives on behalf of the ap- efited by the complete overhaul of An introduction to the dozens of tax breaks proximately 18 million self-pro- farm policy that was put into effect and subsidies the government hands over to the meat industry. Suggested donation: $3. claimed vegetarians in the United in 1996, either through direct pay- States today, not to mention the tens ments or through cheap grain from of millions of environmentalists and its suppliers who receive payments. Seminar (6:30 P.M.) animal advocates, many of whom (See page 7 for further commentary.) Tues., May 8: Workshop for wanna- share a belief in these initiatives. • HIDDEN PAYOUTS. Operating ex- be vegetarian-issue journalists FIRST, we ask that you work to penses such as research and devel- Learn about the inverted pyramid, copy eliminate conflicts of interest inher- opment, environmental cleanup, and style, the importance of proper grammar, ent in the U.S. Department of Agri- meat and poultry inspection are sim- and the who, what, where, and why of cov- culture. On the one hand, the de- ply provided for by the government. ering our issues. Suggested donation: $3. partment serves to promote the Regarding inspection, the industry consumption of American agricul- should pay user fees to the govern- tural products; on the other, it is ment for the privilege of this over- SUNDAY charged with formulating dietary sight. In addition, publicly funded guidelines, protecting American con- buildings, mostly for research, are SOIREES sumers from unsafe food, and en- built to benefit animal agriculture. at VivaVegie’s Veggie Center forcing the Animal Welfare Act. New York City is looking to finance a Light snacks • BYO beverage SECOND, we hope that you will new Fulton Fish Market. Given the Admission fee: One news- work to end subsidies to animal agri- ecological and ethical problems in- paper/magazine article on a vegetari- culture in their many forms: herent in fishing, the government an issue. Bring your favorite music • OVERT PAYOUTS. Livestock farm- should back out. CDs and potluck dish, or make a donation to the Vegetarian Center. ੬ Apr. 22, and May 27 6:30 P.M. Obtain VivaVegie’s guide to either New York City or New Jersey, free! Simply send an SASE to our post-office Rap ’n’ Wrap (6:30 P.M.) box (see page 4), and indicate which Tues., Apr. 17, & May 15: A time for guide you vegetarians to shoot the breeze and would like sort things out from our own per- us to send. spective Everyone’s talking about mad-cow disease, ੬ even meat eaters: What about this? Why are ranchers getting subsidies when there’s Stop ‘em no government money to fund the Endan- in their tracks with VivaVegie’s gered Species Act? Where can I get a vegan “mighty convincer.” meal in Timbuktu? Suggested donation: $3. “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian,” our popular itemized booklet documenting Workshop the ills of meat and the virtues of veggies By appointment: Getting started with (by Pamela Rice), is available in single your new veggie diet copies and in bulk. An order form appears on page 15. What do you eat, now that you’ve decided to go vegetarian? Browse our files and take some literature. View videos that will have you saying, “Aha!” Donations appreciated. http://www.vivavegie.org The VivaVine • April/May 2001 • 2 OPEN LETTER TO OUR NEW SENATOR Start thinking eco-vegetarian • FREE RIDE. The meat industry is granted the ludi- lowing the enlightened and humane policies that have crous privilege of essentially being exempt from laws been adopted by the European Union to ban the veal that other industries have to abide by—in particular, the crate, as well as the farrowing stall for hogs and the bat- Animal Welfare Act, the Clean Water Act, and even the tery cage for hens. As you are no doubt well aware, these Clean Air Act. implements of today’s factory farming turn sentient be- Given the dubious-at-best health benefits of animal- ings into food production units, allowing the animals vir- derived foods—including cows’ milk—it behooves any rea- tually no living space or ability to express natural be- sonably progressive government to phase out economic haviors or experience the natural environment. As the breaks to the industries that produce them. We needn’t re- number of animals raised for food in the United States mind you that cutting subsidies to agriculture in general is each year has soared to 10 billion, this issue demands at- a great way to foster good relations tention on the grounds of animal with our trading partners as well. We hope that you will welfare, human health, workers’ rights, and ecology. he best way to get people to work to end subsidies THIRD, given that one-fifth of eat more healthfully is to American teenage girls, according T make unhealthful foods such to animal agriculture to Vegetarian Times, describe as meat more expensive. Regardless, themselves as vegetarians and animal agriculture needs to pass its in their many forms. that the American Dietetic Associ- costs of production on to its cus- ation and American Medical Asso- tomers, not to the taxpayers as a whole. Just one exam- ciation have endorsed vegetarian diets as healthful and ple of how to make this industry pay its own way would nutritionally sound, we hope you will work to make sure be to place the strictest controls on confined animal feed- that every school in New York State provides at least one ing operations (CAFOs) and make sure that the controls vegetarian option at every meal. We would be pleased if are enforced. As a larger goal, we would like to see the you promoted vegetarian options in schools at the na- elimination of CAFOs altogether, as they are not only bad tional level, too. for the environment but also bad for workers who suffer respiratory problems; for people in general, because they n addition, given the epidemic levels of heart disease, are incubators of antibiotic-resistant bacteria; and for the obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and certain types of animals themselves, because the CAFOs rob them of any I cancer—all of which have been linked to a diet high in semblance of a natural life. animal fats, low in fiber, and depleted of important nutri- We also expect you to take a leadership role in fol- Continued on page 15 The Vegetarian Center’s survival is sus- Let us know if you would like to sponsor a matching fund yourself. If this is not possible, please be generous pended in the balance. Support is needed. with your contributions. Who knows? By the time you read this, there may be a matching fund in place. Please hank you, David Sielaff, feel free to contact us and find out! Contributions not in of Seattle, Washington. exchange for merchandise are tax-deductible. TYour double-matching of donations to the VivaVegie Soci- Send checks made out to VivaVegie Society, P.O. ety in 2000 made all the differ- Box 294, Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012. ence to us. In fact, your match- ing program literally allowed VivaVegie Society • 646-424-9595 the survival of our Vegetarian Center. (See pages 2 and 6.) At the moment we are with- Five-Boro Bike Tour w/VVS out a matching fund, but we en- SUNDAY, MAY 5 courage anyone to take up David Sielaff at Stonehenge where our previous benefactors have left off. Our ex- Join VivaVegie as a team in this 45-mile free penses never stop: rent, telephone, printing, postage, ride (no cars) through New York City. Do it electricity. These are the big outlays, but the smaller ex- with 20,000 other cyclists. We’ll have a ban- penditures, such as our annual post-office-box fee, photo- ner. Call 646-424-9595 before April 10 to be copies, stationery supplies, book purchases, and Viva- with us, and we’ll all have a blast! Vine distribution, also add up fast. The VivaVine • April/May 2001 • 3 GRAPEVINE Make Our Day: Give us questions I’m thinking of going vegan Vegetarian hunger relief I would like to obtain a hard copy of on the Lower East Side your “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vege- I’ve been a volunteer at Hare Krishna tarian.” I first saw the document on Food Relief since last summer.
Recommended publications
  • Get Ready to Rumble! 06 Comments 08 Diversions 10 Arts & Culture Uniter.Ca 18 Listings

    Get Ready to Rumble! 06 Comments 08 Diversions 10 Arts & Culture Uniter.Ca 18 Listings

    THE I SSUE The university of Winnipeg student weekly 222006/03/16 VOLUME 60 INSIDE 02 News GET READY TO RUMBLE! 06 Comments 08 Diversions 10 Arts & Culture uniter.ca 18 Listings » UWSA ELECTIONS 2006 21 Features 22 Sports ON THE WEB [email protected] » E-MAIL SSUE 22 I VOL. 60 2006 16, H C R A M ELECTION 2006 02 MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT MARCH 20 -23 SENSE MEMORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY 12 SARAH CRAWLEY CASTS OFF THE SHACKLES OF REALITY INNIPEG STUDENTINNIPEG WEEKLY W MEDIA DEMONSTRATES DIALOGUE 21 BUT HAS THE IMAGE OF WOMEN IN MEDIA REALLY CHANGED? BOMBERS SPRING CLEAN 23 WILL 2006 BE A BETTER SEASON? HE UNIVERSITY OF T ♼ March 16, 2006 The Uniter contact: [email protected] SENIOR EDITOR: LEIGHTON KLASSEN NEWS EDITOR: DEREK LESCHASIN 02 NEWS E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] UNITER STAFF UWSA Elections in Full Swing INCUMBENTS CHALLENGED ON TACTICS Managing Editor » Jo Snyder 01 [email protected] 02 Business Coordinator & Offi ce Manager » James D. Patterson [email protected] LINDSEY WIEBE bulk food sales, new computer peting for the position of Vice- kiosks to reduce lines at the Petrifi ed President Student Services. NEWS PRODUCTION EDITOR » Sole used Belik’s ideas include free web host- 03 Derek Leschasin [email protected] bookstore, locked compounds bike ing for student groups, an increased foot he University of Winnipeg storage, and an online carpool and patrol presence, and skills workshops 04 SENIOR EDITOR » Leighton Klassen Students’ Association election is [email protected] parking registry. on campus for things like cooking, silk- T under way, and it’s shaping up to Another item on her agenda is ad- screening and bike repair.
  • The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams

    The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams

    THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEAT A FEMINISTVEGETARIAN CRITICAL THEORY Praise for The Sexual Politics of Meat and Carol J. Adams “A clearheaded scholar joins the ideas of two movements—vegetari- anism and feminism—and turns them into a single coherent and moral theory. Her argument is rational and persuasive. New ground—whole acres of it—is broken by Adams.” —Colman McCarthy, Washington Post Book World “Th e Sexual Politics of Meat examines the historical, gender, race, and class implications of meat culture, and makes the links between the prac tice of butchering/eating animals and the maintenance of male domi nance. Read this powerful new book and you may well become a vegetarian.” —Ms. “Adams’s work will almost surely become a ‘bible’ for feminist and pro gressive animal rights activists. Depiction of animal exploita- tion as one manifestation of a brutal patriarchal culture has been explored in two [of her] books, Th e Sexual Politics of Meat and Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals. Adams argues that factory farming is part of a whole culture of oppression and insti- tutionalized violence. Th e treatment of animals as objects is parallel to and associated with patriarchal society’s objectifi cation of women, blacks, and other minorities in order to routinely exploit them. Adams excels in constructing unexpected juxtapositions by using the language of one kind of relationship to illuminate another. Employing poetic rather than rhetorical techniques, Adams makes powerful connec- tions that encourage readers to draw their own conclusions.” —Choice “A dynamic contribution toward creating a feminist/animal rights theory.” —Animals’ Agenda “A cohesive, passionate case linking meat-eating to the oppression of animals and women .
  • Philosophical Foundations of Health Education

    Philosophical Foundations of Health Education

    PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH EDUCATION BL ACK FURNEY Philosophical Foundations of Health Education covers the philosophical and ethical foundations of the practice of health education in school, community, work site, and GRAF hospital settings, as well as in health promotion consultant activities. The book presents NOLTE personal philosophies of health educators, essential philosophical perspectives, and a range of philosophical issues that are relevant to health education practice. Philosophical PHILOSOPHICAL Foundations of Health Education is organized around the fi ve major philosophical traditions: cognitive-based, decision-making, behavior change, freeing/functioning, and social change. Co-published with the American Association for Health Education, this important work is an essential resource for student and professional. Each section contains a challenge to the reader that suggests critical thinking questions to reinforce the key points of the chapter, EDUCATION HEALTH FOUNDATIONS invite comparison with other perspectives, refl ect on the implications of the perspective, note themes that run through the chapters, and consider practical applications of the OF FOUNDATIONS PHILOSOPHICAL various philosophical approaches. The Editors OF Jill M. Black, PhD, CHES, is an associate professor in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance at Cleveland State University and coordinator of the Community Health Education Program. She is a fellow of the American Association for Health Education. Steven R. Furney, EdD, MPH, is a professor of Health Education and director of the Division of Health Education at Texas State University. He is a fellow of the American Association for HEALTH Health Education. Helen M. Graf, PhD, is an associate professor and undergraduate program director in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Georgia Southern University.
  • The Book Collection at the Veggie Center FAR from COMPLETE, THIS LIBRARY of VEGETARIAN SOURCES SHOWS the BREADTH of OUR CULTURE

    The Book Collection at the Veggie Center FAR from COMPLETE, THIS LIBRARY of VEGETARIAN SOURCES SHOWS the BREADTH of OUR CULTURE

    2 WHAT YOU’LL FIND AT THE VEGETARIAN CENTER OF NYC: A RESOURCE GUIDE The Vegetarian Center is the If you’re a vegetarian, we’ve brightest jewel in VivaVegie’s got the answers! education and outreach crown. The Vegetarian Center of NYC is a unique clearinghouse for information. On a daily basis, it receives numerous The VivaVegie Society has a solid history of service to phone calls and walk-in visits from inquisitive people in- the vegetarian community. Since 1991 it has distributed terested in the vegetarian lifestyle. People are always tens of thousands of copies of its hallmark publication, grateful for what the center has to offer them, usually “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela free of charge. Rice. It has continuously published its journal, The Viva- Vine, for over 10 years. It has been tireless in its dedication This place is here for you. to creative and effective vegetarian street outreach. Hun- Today we vegetarians have a place to call home—a fa- dreds of people, and perhaps thousands, have adopted cility that is there strictly on our behalf. In the long run, the vegetarian lifestyle because of the efforts of the group. the center will grow into whatever the vegetarian com- VivaVegie’s proudest accomplishment, however, has munity of New York City decides it should be. VivaVegie been the opening of its Vegetarian Center. Here is a has laid a foundation. The challenge for us as a com- place that focuses on projecting the vegetarian point of munity is to come together and build this center into a view as its primary mission.
  • Why Vegan? Rev

    Why Vegan? Rev

    THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANIMALS INTO FOOD Many people believe that animals raised for food must be treated well because sick or dead animals would be of no use to agribusiness. This is not true. INDUSTRIALIZED CRUELTY: FACTORY FARMING The competition to produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products has led animal agribusiness to treat animals as objects and commodities. The worldwide trend is to replace small family farms with “factory farms”—large warehouses where animals are confined in crowded cages or pens or in restrictive stalls. “U.S. society is extremely naive about the nature of agricultural production. “[I]f the public knew more about the way in which agricultural and animal production infringes on animal welfare, the outcry would be louder.” BERNARD E. ROLLIN, PhD Farm Animal Welfare, Iowa State University Press, 2003 Hens in crowded cages suffer severe feather loss. Bernard Rollin, PhD, explains that it is “more economically efficient to put a greater number of birds into each cage, accepting lower productivity per bird but greater productivity per cage… individual animals may ‘produce,’ for example gain weight, in part because they are immobile, yet suffer because of the inability to move.… Chickens are cheap, cages are expensive.” 1 In a November 1993 article in favor of reducing space from 8 to 6 square feet per pig, industry journal National Hog 2 Farmer advised, “Crowding pigs pays.” Inside a broiler house. Birds Virtually all U.S. birds raised for food are factory farmed. 2 Inside the densely populated buildings, enormous amounts of waste accumulate. The result- ing ammonia levels commonly cause painful burns to the birds’ skin, eyes, and respiratory tracts.
  • I- Vegan Consciousness and the Commodity Chain: on the Neoliberal, Afrocentric, and Decolonial Politics of “Cruelty-Free” B

    I- Vegan Consciousness and the Commodity Chain: on the Neoliberal, Afrocentric, and Decolonial Politics of “Cruelty-Free” B

    Vegan Consciousness and the Commodity Chain: On the Neoliberal, Afrocentric, and Decolonial Politics of “Cruelty-Free” By Amie Louise Harper B.A. (Dartmouth College, Hanover) 1998 M.A. (Harvard University, Cambridge) 2007 Dissertation Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Geography In the Office of Graduate Studies Of the University of California Davis Approved: ____________________________________ (Dr. Kimberly Nettles-Barcelon), Chair ____________________________________ (Dr. Wendy Ho) ____________________________________ (Dr. Psyche A. Williams-Forson) Committee in Charge 2013 -i- Acknowledgments There are many people I would like to thank who made the completion of this manuscript possible. My dissertation committee of Dr. Kimberly Nettles-Barcelon, Dr. Psyche A. Williams- Forson and Dr. Wendy Ho: Thank you for your comments and patience, as well as directing me towards the path of rigorous scholarship. My husband Oliver Zahn: Thank you for your years of support. My parents Patricia Harper and Bob Harper: When I was 12 years old, I told you that I wanted to get a PhD. You told me that there is no reason why this should not be possible. Thanks for the never-ending encouragement. My twin brother Talmadge Harper: Like mom and dad, you kept on telling me that I could do it. Sister Jayne Simon: Thank you for the endless conversations and being an amazing mentor and spiritual godmother to me. Tseday Worku: I appreciate the hours of ‘free’ child-care that you provided for my babies so I could complete this manuscript. Marian Swanzy-Parker: Our hours of dialogues about race, class, gender, and power were amazingly helpful and inspiring.
  • Catafid2010.Pdf

    Catafid2010.Pdf

    LES VARIÉTÉS partenaire de la 21e édition du FIDMARSEILLE 5 salles classées art & essai / recherche | café - espace expositions 37, rue Vincent Scotto - Marseille 1er | tél. : 04 91 53 27 82 Sommaire / Contents PARTENAIRES / PARTNERS & SPONSORS 005 ÉDITORIAUX / EDITORIALS 006 PRIX / PRIZES 030 JURYS / JURIES 033 Jury de la compétition internationale / International competition jury 034 Jury de la compétition française / French competition jury 040 Jury GNCR, jury Marseille Espérance, jury des Médiathèques GNCR jury, Marseille Espérance jury and Public libraries jury 046 SÉLECTION OFFICIELLE / OFFICIAL SELECTION 047 Éditorial / Editorial 048 Film d’ouverture / Opening film 052 Compétition internationale / International competition 053 Compétition premier / First film competition 074 Compétition française / French competition 101 ÉCRANS PARALLÈLES / PARALLEL SCREENS 117 Rétrospective Ritwik Ghatak 119 Anthropofolies 125 Du rideau à l’écran 157 Paroles et musique 177 Les sentiers 189 SÉANCES SPÉCIALES / SPECIAL SCREENS 221 TABLES RONDES - RENCONTRES / ROUND TABLES - MASTER CLASSES 231 FIDMarseille AVEC / FIDMarseille WITH 235 VIDÉOTHÈQUE / VIDEO LIBRARY 241 FIDLab 251 ÉQUIPE, REMERCIEMENTS, INDEX TEAM, ACKNOWLEGMENTS, INDEXES 255 C.A. et équipe FIDMarseille / FIDMarseille management committee and staff 256 Remerciements / Thanks to 257 Index des films / Film index 258 Index des réalisateurs / Filmmaker index 260 Index des contacts / Contact index 261 Partenaires / Partners & sponsors Le Festival International du Documentaire de Marseille
  • Salubrious Living

    Salubrious Living

    Salubrious Living 00. Salubrious Living - Introduction 01. The Search for Youth 02. The Myth of Medical Progress 03. The Hygienic System 04. The Nature of Disease 05. The Foods of Civilization 06. The Foods of Primitive Man 07. Don't Cook Your Foods 08. The Fruitarian Diet 09. How to Plan Your Meals 10. The Best Sources of Minerals and Vitamins 11. Soil and Food 12. Nature's Supreme Healing Agency 13. The Value of Heliotherapy 14. Building Strength and Health Through Exercise 15. Some Common Ailments 16. Why Lose Your Teeth? 17. Better Vision Without Glasses 18. Building Strong Feet 19. Keep Your Hair 20. The Needs of Infants and Growing Children 21. To Build Beauty You Must Build Health 22. Eugenics and the Survival of the White Race Author: Ben Klassen Format: Paperback Creativity Book Publisher Pub. Date: 1982 Food Chart Copyright © 2003 by World Church of Creativity Salubrious Living - Introduction The term "Salubrious Living" is a nomenclature I have coined as part and parcel of a very important facet of our religious creed and program set forth by the CHURCH OF THE CREATOR. The word "salubrious" comes from the Latin word "salubris" meaning "healthy; wholesome; sound; useful; vigorous". Webster's dictionary defines the English derivative "salubrious" as: 1. favorable to, or promoting health or well being; invigorating; 2. spiritually wholesome; conducive to good results". It is in this context of fully promoting the health and well being of the White Race that we use this term in its true literal meaning. We of the CHURCH OF THE CREATOR want to differentiate this term from "Natural Hygiene popularly used for many decades by health practitioners devoted to this worthy art and science.
  • Evaluating the Slaughter Techniques in Cattle

    Evaluating the Slaughter Techniques in Cattle

    Influence of conventional and Kosher slaughter techniques in cattle on carcass and meat quality By BABATUNDE AGBENIGA B. Inst. Agrar. (Hons). Food Production and Processing University of Pretoria Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree M.Sc. (Agric) Meat Science In the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences University of Pretoria Pretoria 2011 Supervisor: Prof. E.C. Webb. © University of Pretoria DECLARATION I declare that this thesis for the degree M.Sc. (Agric) Meat Science at the University of Pretoria has not been submitted by me for a degree at any other University Babatunde Agbeniga November, 2011 CONTENTS Acknowledgements i List of abbreviation ii List of figures iv List of tables v Abstract vi Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Literature review 4 2.1 Slaughter 4 2.2 Treatment of animals prior to slaughter 9 2.3 Effects of stress on meat quality 10 2.4 Types of muscles, their structure and composition, location and 12 metabolism 2.5 Blood and body fluid 24 2.6 Slaughter methods in international abattoirs 25 2.7 Legislation and regulations guiding animal slaughter 25 2.8 The standard slaughter methods and their effects on meat and 26 carcass quality 2.9 Kosher slaughter method and its principles 35 2.10 Effects of the Kosher slaughter technique on meat and carcass 39 quality parameters 2.11 Electrical stimulation of carcasses 43 Chapter 3: Materials and methods 45 3.1 Pre-slaughter processes 45 3.2 Slaughter processes 45 3.3 Sample collection 55 3.4 Methods 55 3.5 Statistical analyses 57 Chapter
  • Even If You Like Meat Leaflet

    Even If You Like Meat Leaflet

    Oppose the Cruelties of Factory Farming Thank you for accepting this booklet. As you read on, please bear in mind that opposing the cruelties of factory farming is not an all-or-nothing proposition: By simply eating less meat, you can help prevent farmed animals from suffering. “When we picture a farm, we picture scenes from Old MacDonald and Charlotte’s Web, not warehouses with , chickens.… When we look, it’s shocking. Our rural idylls have been transformed into stinking factories.” The Los Angeles Times “The High Price of Cheap Food,” 1/21/04 Above: The average breeding sow spends most of her life in a two-foot-wide stall, without enough room to turn around;1 others (below) live in crowded pens. Today’s egg-laying hens are warehoused inside battery cages. Most U.S. livestock production has shifted from small family farms to factory farms— huge ware houses where the animals are confined in crowded cages or pens or in restrictive stalls. Due to consumer demand for inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy, these animals are treated as mere objects rather than individuals who can suffer. Hidden from public view, the cruelty that occurs on factory farms is easy to ignore. But more and more people are becoming aware of how farmed animals are treated 2 and deciding that it’s too cruel to support. “In my opinion, if most urban meat eaters were to visit an industrial broiler house, to see how the birds are raised, and could see the birds being ‘harvested’ and then being ‘processed’ in a poultry processing plant, they would not be impressed and some, perhaps many of them would swear off eating chicken and perhaps all meat.
  • Shelton, Herbert M. the Hygienic System

    Shelton, Herbert M. the Hygienic System

    The HYGIENIC SYSTEM By Herbert M. Shelton, D.P., N.D., D.C., D.N.T., D.N.Sc., D.N.Ph., D.N.Litt., Ph.D., D.Orthp. AUTHOR OF HUMAN LIFE: ITS PHILOSOPHY AND LAWS; NATURAL DIET OF MAN; HYGIENIC CARE OF CHILDREN; NATURAL CURE OF SYPHILIS; NATURAL CURE OF CANCER; ETC., ETC. Vol. VI ORTHOPATHY Published By Dr. Shelton's Health School San Antonio, Texas 1939 Note: This scan was made by the Soil and Health Library, http://www.soilandhealth.org HE disciples of Natural Hygiene try to deserve the T blessings that the dupes of the drug-mongers attempt to buy across the counter; instead of changing their hospital or their course of medication they will change their habits, and their loss of faith in a few popular superstitions will be compensated by an abundant gain in health.*** The removal of the cause is a remedy which the sufferers from almost any disease might prescribe for themselves. —Felix L. Oswald. Index Chapter Page Introduction 7 1 Living Matter Cures Itself 27 2 The Rationale of "Disease" 58 3 The Rationale of Fever 114 4 The Rationale of Inflammation 130 5 The Rationale of Crises. 160 6 Self-Limited Diseases 169 7 Biogony Not a Radical Cure 174 8 The Course of Biogony 179 9 Prognosis 188 10 Unity of Diseases and Symptoms 192 11 The Evolution of Pathology 213 12 The Causes of Pathology 254 13 The Causes of Enervation 342 14 The Conditions of Recovery 385 15 Results of Suppression of Biogony 434 DEDICATION o all who believe in the omniscience of T phenomena—that action and reaction are inherent—a part of an object and its environment—
  • World View Pages (Page 1)

    World View Pages (Page 1)

    FALL 1998 | ISSUE #15 As a nonprofit, totally independent magazine, Stay Free! depends on your support. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE. 3 issues are $10 from P.O. Box 306 Prince Street Station, New York, NY 10012. (Canada & Mexico: $11; C. & S. America, Europe: $15; Elsewhere: $17) Another season, another issue, and an local stunts and pranks. If you’re in New acedote: A young man interning where I York, reliable, and interested in this sort of work recently introduced himself as a huge thing, feel free to get in touch. It would also fan of Stay Free! We chatted and he elabo- be great to have some help with the rated. He is majoring in marketing, has long magazine itself. been fascinated with advertising, and hopes Since the last issue, I’ve started writing some day to make really cool ads. about advertising for the Village Voice. Four Not exactly the hoped-for response. articles here were originally published there. Sure, readers take what they will. No point The back cover this issue breaks house getting uptight about that or trying to shove rules against hassling people about what something down throats (not that I haven’t they buy. Forgive us. Sport utility vehicles tried). But it does give one pause. (For the must be stopped! record, Stay Free!’s policy on what to major in is as follows: Find out which department Carrie McLaren at your school has the best teachers—ask Fall/Winter 1998 around—and then major in that.) I got a call the other day from Tommy Hilfiger’s publicist offering me a chance to go ride in Tommy’s plane or ship (it was a vehicle) if I wrote about it.