I am so relieved that someone of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's stature is finally getting involved in showing the realities of factory farming. That he's focusing on chickens first is also a step in the right direction as they are often - alongside fish - the last animals to come off people's menus.
According to an article in today's Telegraph, Oliver succeeded in showing the reality of a chicken's 39-day 'life' in Britain's poultry industry. Although it's hard to watch - and even harder to live with what you've seen - it is so vital that people wake up to how their chickens reach their plates. From the disposal of male chicks (via suffocation or maceration - yes, in the US they grind male chicks up alive) to beak-searing to the horrors of battery cage production of eggs to the torture of 'broilers' to the final slaughter of these gentle, docile birds...the whole industry needs to have the spotlight turned on it and people need to wake up.
Wake up!
This brutality cannot be acceptable to anyone with a conscience.
Thank you Jamie Oliver!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Jamie Oliver shows chicken's egg-to-plate hell
Monday, January 7, 2008
Calling All Brits!
...and you know who you are!
I've just learned that there is to be a new series on Channel 4, starting tonight and continuing on the 8th and 9th January at 9pm called 'The Big Food Fight'.
It features big name British chefs - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Gordon Rasmay, Jamie Oliver et al and aims to throw the spotlight on the factory farming issue. From cruelty to obesity to fast food, it looks like they have several angles planned, so I would love to hear back from those who manage to catch this series and let me know what you thought about it. Being across the pond here, I'll have to hope for it to get picked up by Netflix in the end....
The website boasts that 'After this [...] you will never look at food the same way again' - this is how I felt when I learned about the horror of modern agribusiness, so I hope it works for you too!
Stay Vegan, friends!
