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Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak | About 1.6m dozen eggs from Texas recalled amid one of the largest recorded foodborne illness outbreaks in US history
theguardian.comu/James_Fortis — 3 days ago
▲ 1.4k r/collapse
What do we do?
Sources for animal agriculture being the leading driver of:
- Deforestation: NASA, https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Deforestation/deforestation_update3.php
- Biodiversity loss: Science of the Total Environment, B. Machovina, K. J Feeley, W. J Ripple, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26231772/
- Zoonotic diseases: Science Advances, Matthew N. Hayek, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629715/
- Fresh water use: Nature, J. Poore and T. Nemecek, https://josephpoore.com/Science%20360%206392%20987%20-%20Accepted%20Manuscript.pdf
- 21-37% of emissions from food: IPCC, https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/chapter/chapter-5/
Submission statement:
Many people want to slow or stop deforestation, pandemics, water use, emissions, and the 6th mass extinction. The issue is, the main driver of 4 of these 5 is animal agriculture, but almost nobody wants to change their behavior by eliminating meat and dairy from their diet. People say, "stop focusing on individuals - focus on the system", but the issue is diet is a personal choice and nobody wants the government to ban meat and dairy.
The issue is likely only going to get worse as our population continues to increase and developing countries start to gain more access to meat and dairy. It's taboo to even discuss personal food choices, even though it's going to be a main contributor of our demise.
How do we get out of this predicament? Are we just doomed to race towards ecological collapse without any serious effort to avoid it out of a fear of slight inconvenience? For anyone who's reading this, why haven't you given up meat and dairy yet?
u/James_Fortis — 6 days ago
Who's seen Eating Our Way to Extinction? It completely changed the way I think about sustainability.
u/Different_Call_1871 — 7 days ago
Higher nitrite (NO2-) intake was linked to gastric cancer risk in natural animal sources (55%) and processed meat (94%), but a lower risk in plant sources (-37%), study of 54,610 adults over 27 years found. Higher nitrate (NO3-) intake had a higher risk in processed meat (212%) and tap water (95%).
link.springer.comu/James_Fortis — 2 days ago
Drone footage is one of the only legal ways to expose animal cruelty and illegal activity in factory farms. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a rule that would let them shut that down. They're taking public comments until Wednesday, August 5th. I urge you to weigh in.
Below is my comment. Feel free to use this as inspiration – comments always have more weight when they are personalised, but if you’re short on time, it’s better to copy/paste than not to submit! You might want to include what you personally have learned about the industry thanks to drone footage.
>I oppose the inclusion of the Food and Agriculture sector (§ 74.90) amongst the critical infrastructure facilities that could obtain Unmanned Aircraft Flight Restrictions (UAFRs).
>The proposal highlights safety concerns (e.g. “protection of people and property on the ground”) as the key factor in considering requests for UAFRs. However, there is no documented evidence of drones at agricultural facilities threatening the safety or security of animals, workers, or farm equipment. To the contrary, recent drone footage at factory farms has revealed workers abusing animals (e.g. calves being kicked at Agresti Calf Ranch), illegal calf hutches with inadequate space (e.g. at Grimmius Cattle Company, in violation of California Penal Code 597t), and dead piles that violate environmental law and present a hazard to public health (e.g. at Vera Goat Dairy). Drones do not present safety concerns at these facilities; they expose them.
>It is only because of drones that the public can see the reality of these factory farms, which can otherwise operate out of sight and free from accountability when they violate the law. I urge you not to shield these facilities from public scrutiny – please exclude the Food and Agriculture sector from receiving UAFRs.
If you would like to learn more, you can read the full proposal here.
Drones have recently been critical for activists in documenting animal cruelty and other illegal activity in factory farms, such as workers kicking calves, intensive confinement of baby calves, and dead piles.
You can submit public comment here until August 5th.
u/James_Fortis — 21 days ago
Eating Animals (2017) - Nearly all of the meat, eggs, and dairy we eat comes from the industrial system known as “factory farming.” This film spotlights the heroic farmers, whistleblowers, and innovators who are standing up to fight this system and provide a new way forward. [01:34:12]
youtube.comu/James_Fortis — 12 days ago
Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of world’s most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea. There has also been a rise in antimicrobial resistance traits in circulating strains. Intensive breeding has led to “super growing” chickens that reach adult size and are slaughtered at 5 weeks old.
theguardian.comu/James_Fortis — 23 days ago
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Red meat intake emerges as a potential pancreatic cancer risk factor
news-medical.netu/James_Fortis — 24 days ago
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Hallway of egg-laying hens in cages, where over 80% are kept globally
u/James_Fortis — 25 days ago
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Morality of keeping sows in gestation crates for most of their lives?
u/James_Fortis — 26 days ago
Machine used to inject chicken with a solution of salt water, binding agents, and other additives to “plump” it. A single serving of plumped chicken can contain 200-500mg of sodium, and the added solution may make up as much as 30% of the chicken’s labeled weight.
u/DJ_ICU — 29 days ago
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The Smell of Money (2022) - What is the price some pay for the world's pork? North Carolina residents take on one of the world's most powerful companies in a fight for their rights to clean air, pure water, and a life free from the stench of pig feces. [Trailer] [00:02:24]
youtube.comu/James_Fortis — 1 month ago
▲ 270 r/climatechange
"even if fossil fuel emissions were eliminated immediately, emissions from the global food system alone would make it impossible to limit warming to 1.5°C and difficult even to realize the 2°C target." (2020 study)
"Abstract
The Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the increase in global temperature to 1.5° or 2°C above preindustrial levels requires rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Although reducing emissions from fossil fuels is essential for meeting this goal, other sources of emissions may also preclude its attainment. We show that even if fossil fuel emissions were immediately halted, current trends in global food systems would prevent the achievement of the 1.5°C target and, by the end of the century, threaten the achievement of the 2°C target. Meeting the 1.5°C target requires rapid and ambitious changes to food systems as well as to all nonfood sectors. The 2°C target could be achieved with less-ambitious changes to food systems, but only if fossil fuel and other nonfood emissions are eliminated soon."
u/James_Fortis — 1 month ago
▲ 627 r/sustainability
Scientists say we need to reduce meat demand to avoid the worst of ecological collapse. Consumers, corporations, and governments all evade responsibility, while meat consumption continues to climb. How do we break this cycle?
u/James_Fortis — 1 month ago
A person captured the moment when two sheep use their knees to cross a sewer without falling.
u/Dobgirl — 30 days ago
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“If you want to know where you would have stood on slavery before the Civil War, don’t look at where you stand on slavery today. Look at where you stand on animal rights.” - Paul Watson [1077x959]
To clarify: I didn't take this quote as undermining of how f'ed up slavery was; I took it as a call for people to think about how mistreatment of animals now is as socially acceptable as slavery was back then, and highlighting how neither are good, without relating one to the other in any other sense. I interpreted it as society being okay with things that should not be okay, regardless of what that is, and not that he was comparing black people to animals.
Paul Watson has had controversy surrounding him, such as when he was recently jailed / released in 2024 for an outstanding 2010 warrant for allegedly damaging a whaling ship. Regardless of what I or others think of him personally, I found this quote thought-provoking.
u/James_Fortis — 1 month ago
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Fortified soy milk is part of the USDA's dairy group due to its nutritional similarities with cow's milk, such as its protein, calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin D content. For those who've transitioned to soy: how's it going? For those who haven't: what's holding you back?
- The USDA lists fortified soy milk as dairy. Most cow's milk in the USA is also fortified.
- Soy milk has a comparable amount of protein, calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin D. Notably, soy milk has fiber and other beneficial phytonutrients. 1 and 2% cow's milk has more saturated fat and trans fat, whereas skim milk has less saturated fat. 60-80% of estrogens in western diets come from cow's milk and bovine dairy products.
- Cow's milk protein has about a 3-6% higher protein absorptivity as compared to soy milk protein.
- Soy does not cause feminizing effects due to its phytoestrogen / isoflavone content. Other foods that contain phytoestrogens / isoflavones: chicken nuggets, cereal, doughnuts, beef tacos, coffee, grapes, peanuts, oats, apples, lentils, walnuts, etc.
- The majority of the world is lactose intolerant to varying degrees.
For those who've transitioned to soy: how's it going? For those who haven't: what's holding you back?
u/James_Fortis — 1 month ago