Tag: cruelty-free

Vegan Life on the Vegan Buddhists Space

By Rijupatha on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 13:18

Vegan Life on the Vegan Buddhists Space

By Rijupatha on Mon, 24 Mar, 2014 - 13:18We’ve had some rich discussions and informative postings on the Vegan Buddhists space on The Buddhist Centre Online this month! If you’re vegan, or vegan-curious, there’s lots of great material here to peruse. And you can +follow the Vegan Buddhists space to learn more as new updates arrive.

Early in the month there was a great back-and-forth chat between community members about cruelty-free eggs and ethics, followed by another...

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Inside the Milk Machine

By Candradasa on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 13:10

Inside the Milk Machine

By Candradasa on Tue, 18 Mar, 2014 - 13:10A great, in-depth article on Modern Farmer about the milk industry today…

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“At one time, milk was one of the more natural processes in farming.  A bull would impregnate a cow — an actual bull, before the age of artificial insemination . She was pregnant for  nine months and then a baby cow  was born.

Afterwards, from the calf’s birth to up to three months after it was weaned, the farmer would...

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Cruelty-Free Eggs

By Candradasa on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 16:11

Cruelty-Free Eggs

By Candradasa on Sat, 15 Mar, 2014 - 16:11Hi everyone, I was wondering what people think about the concept (or indeed the experience!) of cruelty-free eggs? I’ve been meaning to ask for ages! We started looking into it (we = my wife & I) when one of our friends started keeping chickens. Now we know three folk who, as far as we can tell, keep chickens as pets and look after them very well:

By “very well” I mean: in expansive settings (way beyond commercial “free...