How can i ensure that any food i buy does not come from factory farmed animals?!
How can i ensure that any food i buy does not come from factory farmed animals?
im not quite vegetarian. i use organic eggs and meat. but factory farmed stuff creeps into things like oxo cubes and gelatine. having seen factory farming websites i really dont want to buy anything from such evil places.
Additional Details4 weeks ago
http://www.factoryfarming.com/index.htm...
this is where my information came from. it looks very damning to me nova50
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4 weeks ago
http://www.factoryfarming.com/index.htm...
this is where my information came from. it looks very damning to me nova50
become a cannibal
You will just have to resort to buying all organic food, and give up on some others..Sorry! I feel your pain though, I am also against the animal cruelty of those places.
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buy and cook fresh from markets
I'm a farmer and only way you know if your food good is to buy it direct from the farmer. However I myself don't think much of organic farmers. Don't believe all those factory farming websites, they are run by ultra liberal animal environmentalists. If your ever in Nebraska I can give you a tour of several farms from organic or regular and you would change your mind about the organic stuff once you meet the people who run them.
I'm sorry I don't know the answer to the question but it's a fab 1, I had never really thought of stuff like oxo etc. I guess one way would be to cook from scratch and buy locally from farm shops.
Just check the labels of food. Usually cage-free food products are listed. If it says nothing, then it most likely comes from the places you don't want to contribute towards. Or you can find vegan alternatives, which is much more healthier.
marry a farmer
hunt
Buy directly from the farmer and butcher your own.
The only sure way is to grow it your self. Anything else is probably from a factory farm. Meat, cheese, wheat, soy, you name it.
You really need to get over this. Just think of it as food.
The only ways I can think of are to buy organic or free range produce, or from a known source, buy basic ingredients and make your own gravy, stock etc. from scratch. Also check the labels.
I am against factory farming, I've not thought of things like oxo and gelatin, probably because I never use them, and there is a vegetarian alternative to gelatin.
Just remembered agar-agar is an alternative for gelatin.
They way to really know! Don't eat animals!
Kill the animal yourself
Buy direct from a farmer you know and whose values you agree with. There are plenty. Organic does not necessarily mean a small farm. Unfortunately the big factory farms have grabbed the "organic" label and manipulated the requirements to their advantage. You would be surprised as to what qualifies as Organic. The pictures on the factory farm website you referenced COULD have been from an Organic farm - all that they need is a door to the outside and a small run and those turkeys could have been organic! Its really rather misleading.
Check out localharvest.org to find a farmer raising and slaughtering animals using standards you agree with. Some will even let you "witness". Its an important topic - and one people should not ignore.
It is so difficult to be sure. Even food marked as organic and/or free range has been shown in some instances to be a fraudulent claim. Yes, best to buy direct from the producer where you can see how the animals are bred and reared but how many of us can do that? I know from my own experiences that organic does not really mean much. Sure it may not have been fed or injected with anything unnatural but part of the organic aim is to prevent harm to the environment -so they put the meat on a truck and drive it a couple of hundred miles to your supermarket (or worse put it on a plane). I think free range (if it truly is) is more meaningful to the consumer. I use good local butchers who know where their meat comes from and will also try to source things for you if you ask. You need to be able to trust them but this is more likely to result in you getting the type of meat you are looking for.
As for stock cubes - you are better to avoid them altogether. Stock is easy enough to make at home, your butcher will normally give you the bones for nothing. Your chicken carcass also comes in handy for this. I have also seen a vegetarian gelatine substitute but can't remember where. The net should help there. Good luck