Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus
by autosharp on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @04:05PM
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> Farming doesn't have to be intensive. We get milk from a nearby farm. Given we mostly walk there the "food miles" would be precisely zero.
Sure, that is nice but in no way representative.
More than 99% of produced hogs do live in horrific conditions. The fact that you know of a happy hog doesn't relate to the vast majority of hogs.
Re:Denmark to cull millions of minks over mutated coronavirus
by ornornor on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @03:41PM
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Not intensive farming is less bad than intensive farming but in your example, a cow still needs to have a calf and that calf slaughtered for milk to keep coming. And that cow will be killed off the moment it stops making enough milk which is a fraction of its natural life span. It’s not like not intensive farming is innocent either.
And for shit and giggles, check what’s the proportion of industrially farmed meat vs non intensive that’s sold every day.
...source?
Farming doesn't have to be intensive. We get milk from a nearby farm. Given we mostly walk there the "food miles" would be precisely zero.