"Where's the beef?"
hello, and thanks for responding...
i have been meaning to collate this data into a more useful format; but i have had difficulty prioritizing things, lately.
as everything else i work on -- this is, of course, a work in progress:
if you have any suggestions, contributions, questions, or other pertinent information, please share!
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here are some of my favorite links to information about the state of the modern food industry:
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060604 addendum: information about Alzheimer's & Mad Cow Disease, BSE, TSE, CJD, Kuru, prions, etc.
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Upton Sinclair: Literature @ SunSite
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/
Legend has it that in 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt was unable to consume his favorite breakfast of sausages, while he read Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" ...Sinclair's muckraking journalism exposed the evils of the meat-packing industry in Chicago at the turn of the century... although the particular details are slightly different (at first, Roosevelt thought Sinclair was a muckraking socialist sensationalist, but the President eventually realized that the meat industry seriously needed to be reigned in), the result was that Roosevelt subsequently ensured that the Congress enacted the Food & Drugs Act!
Upton Sinclair claimed that he had "aimed at people's hearts but hit their stomachs instead."
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the complete review: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/food/schlosse.htm
how fast food affects us and our culture
(04/28/04 addendum: here is an excerpt from the afterword of Fast Food Nation, "Welcome to the Dark Side")
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a .pdf version of the 03/31/02 article, _Power Steer_ can be found here:
"_Power Steer_ is for those of you who enjoy eating beef. It is not an attempt to convert anyone to vegetarianism, it is just a short description of how cattle are raised in the United States. Caveat emptor!" -- http://www.voicemedia.net/Power%20Steer.pdf
an .html version of the 03/31/02 article, _Power Steer_ can be found here:
http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Power-Steer-Pollan31mar02.htm
And here is a copy of the previous article Michael Pollan wrote for the New York Times 05/13/01: Behind the Organic-Industrial Complex
http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Organic-Industrial-Complex.htm
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Dr. Temple Grandin is the foremost authority on Livestock Behaviour, Design of Livestock Facilities, and Humane Slaughter:
http://www.grandin.com/
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Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety,
http://www.ift.org/publications/crfsfs/
Other publications by the Institute of Food Technologists
-- The Society for Food Science and Technology,
http://www.ift.org/publications/
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here are some other related articles:
frontline: modern meat: transcript | PBS (04/18/02)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/etc/script.html
Modern Meat in America--A Brutal Harvest (Washington Post 04/09-10/01)
http://www.organicconsumers.org/toxic/brutalmeat.cfm
Nuking Food for Profit - The Awful Truth Behind Food Irradiation
http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org/whatsgoingon/nuking.html
--
here are some further, related web resources:
Bio-Ethics Today, http://www.shef.ac.uk/bioethics-today/
Slaughterhouse Information, http://lombardi.wctc.net/~hchao/
mindfully.org, http://www.mindfully.org/
The Food Safety Network, http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/
Food First, http://www.foodfirst.org
VivaVeggie Society, http://www.vivavegie.org/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, http://iatp.org
Rural Defenders and Family Farm Coalition, http://www.familyfarmer.org
EnviroWeb of Rice Univ, http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~cses/eread_archive.htm
the life, works and values of Edward Abbey, http://www.abbeyweb.net/
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one of my personal projects relates to the evolution development of bio-ethics -- particularly involving the development of animal slaughter -- and consideration of such practices as a metaphor for the ethics of human slaughter. if i may paraphrase an idea that a friend of mine once suggested to me: "the purpose of government is to put a price on human life."
(09/01/03 addendum: exploration of this question continues in my next post, ragamoffyn ramblin')
here are some of my favorite links to information about the ethics of slaughter:
Religious slaughter and animal welfare: a discussion for meat scientists.
http://www.grandin.com/ritual/kosher.slaugh.html
The Kosher and Halal Food Laws - J.M. Regenstein, M.M. Chaudry, and C.E. Regenstein
http://www.ift.org/publications/crfsfs/crfsfsv2n3p111-127ms20030025.pdf
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly -- Transcripts - April 10, 1998
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/132.html
Christian: Easter / Islamic: Eid al-Adha / Judaic: Passover
Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics
http://www.sacredchoices.org/
Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders.
Google > Society > Philosophy > Ethics > Applied > Bioethics
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/Applied/Bioethics/?il=1
The True Source Of Peace: Ahimsa
http://www.wizard.net/~ethan/ahimsa.htm
Philosophy of Nonviolence, By David McReynolds
http://www.nonviolence.org/issues/philosophy-nonviolence.php
Google > Society > Activism > Nonviolence
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Activism/Nonviolence/?tc=1
The Peaceful Cut
http://home.freeuk.com/wimp/roleplaying/peaceful-cut.html
"The Peaceful Cut ceremony is performed by (Praxian) nomads (and members of hunter gatherer cultures, also) whenever they slaughter a herd-beast, and most other animals. It shows due deference to the spirit of the animal and guides it on its way back to (Erithra / the Herd Mother / the Wild Mother). This allows the spirit to be reborn into another animal, and also prevents the spirit haunting the butcher."
(11/04/03 addendum: the peaceful cut ceremony provided inspiration for the Covenant of Survival, used as a preamble for dinner at our private Samhain ritual at High Hill, and which was also chanted by Kali-Ma in one permutation or another during Dark Goddess 2004, at the Vortex.)
The Ethics of Hunting, by justin alexander
http://www.justinalexander.net/Huntingethics.htm
"deciding whether to hunt or not is a personal moral issue and, far from being the easiest aspect of human-animal interaction about which to make a judgment, is one of the most difficult"
Anthropology and the Environment : Internet Resources
http://www.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/anthenv/internet.html
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finally, here's an essay that i wrote and posted earlier in my LiveJournal:
Subsistence Among the Orang Asli
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aethyrflux/819.html
Nonviolent Hunter-Gatherer/Swidden-Horticultural Indigenous People of Peninsular Malaysia
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i have been meaning to collate this data into a more useful format; but i have had difficulty prioritizing things, lately.
as everything else i work on -- this is, of course, a work in progress:
if you have any suggestions, contributions, questions, or other pertinent information, please share!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
here are some of my favorite links to information about the state of the modern food industry:
--
060604 addendum: information about Alzheimer's & Mad Cow Disease, BSE, TSE, CJD, Kuru, prions, etc.
--
Upton Sinclair: Literature @ SunSite
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/
Legend has it that in 1906, President Teddy Roosevelt was unable to consume his favorite breakfast of sausages, while he read Sinclair's book, "The Jungle" ...Sinclair's muckraking journalism exposed the evils of the meat-packing industry in Chicago at the turn of the century... although the particular details are slightly different (at first, Roosevelt thought Sinclair was a muckraking socialist sensationalist, but the President eventually realized that the meat industry seriously needed to be reigned in), the result was that Roosevelt subsequently ensured that the Congress enacted the Food & Drugs Act!
Upton Sinclair claimed that he had "aimed at people's hearts but hit their stomachs instead."
--
the complete review: Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/food/schlosse.htm
how fast food affects us and our culture
(04/28/04 addendum: here is an excerpt from the afterword of Fast Food Nation, "Welcome to the Dark Side")
--
a .pdf version of the 03/31/02 article, _Power Steer_ can be found here:
"_Power Steer_ is for those of you who enjoy eating beef. It is not an attempt to convert anyone to vegetarianism, it is just a short description of how cattle are raised in the United States. Caveat emptor!" -- http://www.voicemedia.net/Power%20Steer.pdf
an .html version of the 03/31/02 article, _Power Steer_ can be found here:
http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Power-Steer-Pollan31mar02.htm
And here is a copy of the previous article Michael Pollan wrote for the New York Times 05/13/01: Behind the Organic-Industrial Complex
http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Organic-Industrial-Complex.htm
--
Dr. Temple Grandin is the foremost authority on Livestock Behaviour, Design of Livestock Facilities, and Humane Slaughter:
http://www.grandin.com/
--
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety,
http://www.ift.org/publications/crfsfs/
Other publications by the Institute of Food Technologists
-- The Society for Food Science and Technology,
http://www.ift.org/publications/
--
here are some other related articles:
frontline: modern meat: transcript | PBS (04/18/02)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/etc/script.html
Modern Meat in America--A Brutal Harvest (Washington Post 04/09-10/01)
http://www.organicconsumers.org/toxic/brutalmeat.cfm
Nuking Food for Profit - The Awful Truth Behind Food Irradiation
http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org/whatsgoingon/nuking.html
--
here are some further, related web resources:
Bio-Ethics Today, http://www.shef.ac.uk/bioethics-today/
Slaughterhouse Information, http://lombardi.wctc.net/~hchao/
mindfully.org, http://www.mindfully.org/
The Food Safety Network, http://www.foodsafetynetwork.ca/
Food First, http://www.foodfirst.org
VivaVeggie Society, http://www.vivavegie.org/
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, http://iatp.org
Rural Defenders and Family Farm Coalition, http://www.familyfarmer.org
EnviroWeb of Rice Univ, http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~cses/eread_archive.htm
the life, works and values of Edward Abbey, http://www.abbeyweb.net/
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one of my personal projects relates to the evolution development of bio-ethics -- particularly involving the development of animal slaughter -- and consideration of such practices as a metaphor for the ethics of human slaughter. if i may paraphrase an idea that a friend of mine once suggested to me: "the purpose of government is to put a price on human life."
(09/01/03 addendum: exploration of this question continues in my next post, ragamoffyn ramblin')
here are some of my favorite links to information about the ethics of slaughter:
Religious slaughter and animal welfare: a discussion for meat scientists.
http://www.grandin.com/ritual/kosher.slaugh.html
The Kosher and Halal Food Laws - J.M. Regenstein, M.M. Chaudry, and C.E. Regenstein
http://www.ift.org/publications/crfsfs/crfsfsv2n3p111-127ms20030025.pdf
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly -- Transcripts - April 10, 1998
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/transcripts/132.html
Christian: Easter / Islamic: Eid al-Adha / Judaic: Passover
Religious Consultation on Population, Reproductive Health and Ethics
http://www.sacredchoices.org/
Large collection of commentaries on a wide range of topics by an international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders.
Google > Society > Philosophy > Ethics > Applied > Bioethics
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/Applied/Bioethics/?il=1
The True Source Of Peace: Ahimsa
http://www.wizard.net/~ethan/ahimsa.htm
Philosophy of Nonviolence, By David McReynolds
http://www.nonviolence.org/issues/philosophy-nonviolence.php
Google > Society > Activism > Nonviolence
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Activism/Nonviolence/?tc=1
The Peaceful Cut
http://home.freeuk.com/wimp/roleplaying/peaceful-cut.html
"The Peaceful Cut ceremony is performed by (Praxian) nomads (and members of hunter gatherer cultures, also) whenever they slaughter a herd-beast, and most other animals. It shows due deference to the spirit of the animal and guides it on its way back to (Erithra / the Herd Mother / the Wild Mother). This allows the spirit to be reborn into another animal, and also prevents the spirit haunting the butcher."
(11/04/03 addendum: the peaceful cut ceremony provided inspiration for the Covenant of Survival, used as a preamble for dinner at our private Samhain ritual at High Hill, and which was also chanted by Kali-Ma in one permutation or another during Dark Goddess 2004, at the Vortex.)
The Ethics of Hunting, by justin alexander
http://www.justinalexander.net/Huntingethics.htm
"deciding whether to hunt or not is a personal moral issue and, far from being the easiest aspect of human-animal interaction about which to make a judgment, is one of the most difficult"
Anthropology and the Environment : Internet Resources
http://www.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/anthenv/internet.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
finally, here's an essay that i wrote and posted earlier in my LiveJournal:
Subsistence Among the Orang Asli
http://www.livejournal.com/users/aethyrflux/819.html
Nonviolent Hunter-Gatherer/Swidden-Horticultural Indigenous People of Peninsular Malaysia
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