The Conversation – excellent, thought provoking discussion of issues relating to the environment & agriculture

December 19th, 2011

The internet is full of forums and soapboxes and there’s a lot of chaff hiding the grains of wheat.  Just discovered an excellent website called ‘The Conversation’.  In what way are ‘The Conversation’ articles and ensuing discussions, different to the multitude of other online material?  What makes The Conversation special? The content on The Conversation is […]

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FOOD,INC film – let’s hope the vegetarian barrow-pushers don’t overshadow the important message

May 10th, 2010

The film (movie) Food,Inc was produced in the U.S.A. and released in 2009, and is about to be released in Australia (next week – 20th May). Food,Inc. is especially relevant in the U.S.A. – the home of rubbish takeaway foodchains and an obesity epidemic (though not to suggest that we’re all Olive Oils here in […]

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The Seventh Day Adventist church have been funding a barrow push for animal rights extremists

May 1st, 2009

As long as I can remember, there’s been Sanitarium Weetbix in our cupboard for breakfast. Well not any more – Vita Brits only from now on. Nestle may not be 100% Australian owned, but at least they’re not pushing vegetarian propaganda onto the general public. And guess what, Vita Brits are usually cheaper anyway. A […]

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Voiceless – domestic animals matter but native animals don’t

April 24th, 2009

The Voiceless website has a dramatic counter on the home page which purports to show ‘the number of farm animals killed in Australia by the meat, dairy and egg industry, since you opened this page’. Perhaps Voiceless could consider a similar live counter that shows the worldwide number of acres of rainforest being cleared minute […]

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‘Go Green, Go Veg, Save the Planet’ advertising on SBS television

March 16th, 2009

At the end of a long day I’m sitting peacefully watching government-funded SBS telly at peak hour (around 7.30pm) and up pops this ad showing a pie chart, with the top third taken up by cows. We are exhorted to ‘go green, go veg, save the planet’, because methane produced by livestock is causing global […]

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