I eat a largely vegan diet since rediscovering the horrors of factory farming, but I usually include dairy or eggs in my meals when I go out. However, these restaurants and food stalls use normal eggs and dairy, which means really inhumane conditions, such as cows unable to move and so pumped full of growth hormones that their udders make their backs ache, and separated from their calves almost immediately after birth so that they live lives of depression, anxiety and loneliness. Because of this knowledge, I feel pretty guilty when I eat these foods.
People concerned with animal welfare are usually vegan, but it's a step I haven't fully been able to take. I love having some Stilton blue with my red wine, or an eggs florentine for breakfast. However, I'm thinking that to be a more conscious consumer, I can actually buy animal products for my home, and eat vegan when I go out, effectively reversing what I've been doing. That way, I can control the animal products I buy.
I discovered today a nonprofit that certifies animal foods under the label, "Certified Humane Raised and Handled." I have been searching for something like this for some time, as I learned that there are no legal standards defining "cage-free" eggs, and those hens are often poorly treated, too. The nonprofit, Humane Farm Animal Care, has high standards for humane treatment, based on veterinary and farmer expertise, and enforces those standards. The label that you find on food can be seen in the top left corner of the site. There is a handy "Where to Buy" page that lets you search for these products at stores near you. I found out that Whole Foods carries a label of eggs, Vital Farms, under this label, as well as two dairy labels, Eros and Green Valley Organics.
I found this information in Alicia Silverstone's The Kind Diet, a New York Times bestseller that explores the benefits of a vegan diet, and has good recipes! If she, a famous animal advocate, is okay with this compromise for animal foods-eaters, then so am I.
Just letting you know that this option is available. I highly recommend using the search on the website instead of just going to the store and looking for the label, because very few producers have the label.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Chemtrails
A few weeks ago, one of my customers at the health food store told me that there were planes in the sky leaving trails that didn't disappear, trails that were different from normal condensation trails. He said the planes were modifying the weather, and spraying aluminum and barium into the air. "It's bad. I don't even go outside anymore, man." It sounded so made-up, and he was so worked up, that I thought maybe he was slightly crazy. I forgot about it.
Then one early morning I woke up and looked outside my window and there they were--planes leaving thick trails of smoke that wouldn't leave. When I looked out the window several hours later, the trails were still there.
I kept watching for these trails, which you see everywhere in LA once you're aware of them. The ones by my house follow a pattern. They come at the same time every morning, but they only come on mornings when there's already clouds in the sky. On those days, they fly above and towards the cloud, as if to deposit chemicals into the cloud. On clear mornings like this, the planes don't come.
The conventional explanation is that the government is testing military jets, and flying them from place to place, and these are the trails they leave. But then, why the pattern? Why would they only fly above and into clouds? I have also seen the trails start at a certain point in the sky, as if the plane is "turning on" its exhaust. I have also seen, and other people have witnessed, trails that circle or zigzag in the sky, which counteracts the claim that the planes are going from one place to another.
The explanations that conspiracy theorists have put forth make most people laugh--population control, global warming control, weather control. But this is not the first time the government has experimented with a program without the people's consent. Look at the Wikipedia article on Agent Orange, and take special notice of the photo of the man born to a mother exposed to the chemicals.
There is a documentary all about chemtrails, which have been around since the '90s, and you can watch the whole thing on YouTube here. One thing that's frightening is that scientists, while denying that weather modification programs exist, are considering them in the future to combat global warming. I thought you needed to know.
Then one early morning I woke up and looked outside my window and there they were--planes leaving thick trails of smoke that wouldn't leave. When I looked out the window several hours later, the trails were still there.
I kept watching for these trails, which you see everywhere in LA once you're aware of them. The ones by my house follow a pattern. They come at the same time every morning, but they only come on mornings when there's already clouds in the sky. On those days, they fly above and towards the cloud, as if to deposit chemicals into the cloud. On clear mornings like this, the planes don't come.
The conventional explanation is that the government is testing military jets, and flying them from place to place, and these are the trails they leave. But then, why the pattern? Why would they only fly above and into clouds? I have also seen the trails start at a certain point in the sky, as if the plane is "turning on" its exhaust. I have also seen, and other people have witnessed, trails that circle or zigzag in the sky, which counteracts the claim that the planes are going from one place to another.
The explanations that conspiracy theorists have put forth make most people laugh--population control, global warming control, weather control. But this is not the first time the government has experimented with a program without the people's consent. Look at the Wikipedia article on Agent Orange, and take special notice of the photo of the man born to a mother exposed to the chemicals.
There is a documentary all about chemtrails, which have been around since the '90s, and you can watch the whole thing on YouTube here. One thing that's frightening is that scientists, while denying that weather modification programs exist, are considering them in the future to combat global warming. I thought you needed to know.
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