Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-28 Thread jedi_spock
--- mjackson74@... wrote : More than 9.3 million cows were used to produce milk in the United States in 2008, and more than 2.5 million dairy cows were slaughtered for meat. Cows used by the dairy industry are intensively confined, continually impregnated, and bred for high milk

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-28 Thread Michael Jackson
industry glosses over. On Mon, 4/28/14, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, April 28, 2014, 4:13 AM

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-28 Thread j_alexander_stanley
I eat beef, but I only buy grass-fed beef. I don't eat factory farmed beef except on the rare occasions that I eat out. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com wrote : Thanks for this post Michael. I don't know how many people at FFL eat cows but they need to

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-28 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, jedi_spock@... wrote : --- mjackson74@... wrote : More than 9.3 million cows were used to produce milk in the United States in 2008, and more than 2.5 million dairy cows were slaughtered for meat. Cows used by the dairy industry are intensively

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread Bhairitu
Of course milk cows are not beef cattle. Folks here should read Swami Bhaskarananda's The Essentials of Hinduism where he writes about that. It heard tales of him taking a slice of roast beef at a Vedanta Society potluck and putting it on an anemic looking disciple's plate. I met him in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread j_alexander_stanley
True, which is why unwanted male dairy calves often end up slaughtered young, as veal. It's a huge glaring omission that the website below is totally focused on the cows, with no mention of the males, which make up 50% of the calves born every year. Radiance Dairy in Fairfield operates under

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread authfriend
Not quite true, Alex. One of the males is featured here: http://www.universalfields.org/tala_ram.html http://www.universalfields.org/tala_ram.html Doesn't sound like he's going to end up as veal chops, but perhaps he's the exception. At any rate, the text sounds very respectful and

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread j_alexander_stanley
It would make sense to keep a bull or two around for breeding purposes. But, it is highly unlikely that they keep all males. Unlike Jersey cows, which tend to be sweet and docile, Jersey bulls are considered the least docile of all cattle breeds. As steers, they are apparently suitable as

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread authfriend
Seems like there's a limited number of things that can be done with bulls. What happens to male buffalo, for example? They can't each have their own herd of females, and you can't have a herd of males, can you? They'd kill each other. I'm serious; I really don't know. Something in nature must

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread Michael Jackson
, investigations have found that some animals are still conscious when they are shackled and have their throats cut. On Mon, 4/28/14, j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote : Seems like there's a limited number of things that can be done with bulls. What happens to male buffalo, for example? They can't each have their own herd of females, and you can't have a herd of males, can you? They'd kill each

Re: [FairfieldLife] Heaven on Earth for all Mankind

2014-04-27 Thread awoelflebater
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mjackson74@... wrote : More than 9.3 million cows were used to produce milk in the United States in 2008, and more than 2.5 million dairy cows were slaughtered for meat. Cows used by the dairy industry are intensively confined, continually impregnated,