Quotes About Farming practices

As for the cages themselves, an ordinary citizen who kept dogs in similar conditions for their entire lives would risk prosecution for cruelty. A pig producer who keeps an animal of comparable intelligence in this manner, however, is more likely to be rewarded with a tax concession or, in some countries, a direct government subsidy.

About 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock.

La gabbia standard per ovaiole concede a ogni gallina una superficie di 4,32 decimetri quadrati, grande come questo rettangolo. Quasi tutte quelle non allevate in gabbia hanno a disposizione all'incirca la stessa superficie

When chickens or turkey hens are used to hatch duck eggs, they should be treated for lice and mites several days before their setting chores commence.

Most pesticides lose their efficacy after a few years, because of pest resistance to pesticides. This is why companies go on changing the varieties.

Most corn is combine harvested, which means it's picked and shelled in the field - but that's rough on the corn because the husk is more likely to be scratched or cracked.

The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.

Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men.

The most fertile districts of the habitable globe are now actually cultivated by men for animals, at a delay and waste of aliment absolutely incapable of calculation

A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.

Across the board, dietary advice typically focuses on what and how much to eat, with remarkably little attention paid to how farming practices influence the nutritional quality of food and whether the "right foods" pack the nutrients they once had.

High soil potassium is directly linked to high pH in the juice.

Weeds do become resistant to herbicides, and it needs to be managed with multiple herbicides.

If your corn has a herbicide-tolerant gene, it means you can spray your herbicides and kill the weeds; you won't kill your corn because it's producing a gene that makes it tolerant of the herbicide.

and produce as a result of their inundation with industrial herbicides and pesticides which, of course, make their way, again, into the Russian River. Then into the Pacific Ocean. And ultimately, into all the fish in your local supermarket. What is said about the environmental impact of vineyards in Sonoma County? Fucking nothing. It is our sacred cow." Darren raised his shot glass again, "Long live the sacred cow." Colin

In evolutionary terms, cattle represent one of the most successful animal species ever to exist. At the same time, they are some of the most miserable animals on the planet.

There are a lot of ways to castrate a bull," I said, my words deliberate and slow. "You can band the balls off, so they shrivel up and die. Or you can take a knife, and slide it just so." I demonstrated with my free hand. "I grew up on a ranch. I know a lot about castrating bulls.

The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.

I've always had a strong interest in how food is produced and in knowing where it comes from.

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I'm a great fan of farmed products, as long as it's done properly, because it allows people to be able to afford them. If it wasn't for farmed products, a lot of people wouldn't eat so well.

While some livestock farms are much better than others, there are none in this country that look like natural ecosystems. Nature has no fences.

I'm suggesting that criminalizing chemically fertilized grass in favor of unnaturally-fed corn is not a rational trade off.

When you pursue great flavor, you also pursue great ecology.