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Yup. I am very much against CAFOS, large feed lots where animals are crammed together and stuffed with chemical and hormones. But humans are omnivores, which means for thousands of years they have gotten some protein from animals. We just don't need animal protein every day. 1/
2/ It is possible to eat meat three or four times a week, eating steer that grazed on ranches. The peoples who lived here before the Europeans hunted animals to get protein in their diet. But they didn't eat meat all the time, and also ate grains, tubers, vegetable, and grains.
3/ I try very hard to buy yogurt and milk from food co-ops, where I know the buyers at the co-op work to buy dairy products from farms where cows are treated well, and not pumped full of hormones to make them produce more milk.
4/ I do my best. I studied agriculture and trade for my dissertation, and my parents raised us on a whole grain, no sugary soda diet. But I'm not perfect and dairy is a really important source of easy protein for me when I am ill.
4/ Organic food and meat from humanely treated animals is expensive.This is because they were not included in the U.S. farm bill in the 1930s. Instead of lecturing me and and other people with chronic illness, lean more about the U.S. farm bill. Work to change it.
5/ I have created a list called Agriculture (I think). On that list, I follow many different organizations that are involved in farming and agriculture. All we need to do is shift the funding of the US farm bill. That is more humane than lecturing disabled people.
Woops. This should really be 2b.
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