Thank You Oprah! Did you watch it today 10/14/08? Give us your 75 cents worth (due to the state of our economy, your opinion costs us more)

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Permalink Reply by Austin from Earth! on October 10, 2008 at 9:39pm

Oprah rocks! :)

(If you do find a video, please direct me to it..)

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Permalink Reply by Lanae on October 10, 2008 at 10:18pm

My dvr is set! Thank you for alerting us. Oprah rocks.

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Permalink Reply by Laurie on October 11, 2008 at 2:46am

Thanks for the Oprah alert! I try to catch her show each day, I will be sure to watch on Tues. I wish this would go nationwide for voting..............no longer a Ca resident, but would definately vote on this.
Thank you!
Laurie

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Permalink Reply by Goony on October 12, 2008 at 12:42pm

I'm so glad it is being exposed, especially on her show, she has so much influence. But I can't watch. Just can't. I know the gorry details, and only need to see something like that once. It's hearbreaking.

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Permalink Reply by granola on October 13, 2008 at 7:52pm

I added video :)

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Permalink Reply by granola on October 13, 2008 at 8:53pm

FYI---Kris' current blog is about this show (and she got 8 replies already! Sheesh!)

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Permalink Reply by granola on October 14, 2008 at 10:14pm

It really wasn't too bad to watch. I thought Oprah did an excellent job showing both sides of the issue. I loved Lisa Ling's footage of the free range farms. And Oprah made sure everyone knew where she stood on the issue. It does still amaze me that so many people really don't think about it. But many of my friend's are like that. I was "spreading the word" and some of my very intelligent caring non-veg friends said "I don't want to know." Amazing.

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Permalink Reply by Bren from Rivendell on October 14, 2008 at 10:24pm

I echo you Granola. But we've got to also find a way for the day to day farmer to afford to renovate their farms. Perhaps a government credit. My hubby's family are all farmers, granted just dairy cows, not meat sources, but it is damn hard to be a farmer anywhere unless you belong to the huge ones like the major brand names.

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Permalink Reply by granola on October 14, 2008 at 10:48pm

I really think the tide is changing for the local farmers. Just look at the organic movement. I may be naive, but it seems to me that as people learn more, they want to buy from their local farmers. The establishment of farmers' markets are becoming more popular than ever before. If you watched the show, Oprah shows some really beautiful free range farms. The pig farmer from Iowa said there is a demand for his cage-free pigs & he is able to make a profit. It is probably on oprah.com if you missed it. Of course, I do not know all the logistics of it.

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Permalink Reply by Bren from Rivendell on October 15, 2008 at 4:02am

I hear what you are saying and it applies to the pigs...but selling the raw milk is getting more legislated now and in a rural area like theirs, there are no co=ops, the closest thing is the big cities with the conventional milk companies who are now paying pennies. The organic market is actually hurting them and since they cannot get or afford the special feed and it take 8 years to become certified as an organic dairy, it pretty well leaves the small local farmer screwed. they wanna change, but cannot.

Anyway, I saw and recorded the show and loved it..YAY!

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Permalink Reply by Laurie on October 15, 2008 at 4:34am

I loved the show, they did a great job with it, nothing goory. Just the facts. I favor giving the farmers maybe a tax incentive to get the show on the road. To wait this long to inact this law is ridiculous. I married into a farmer's family, we had cattle, sheep and pigs. All where free range, and my father in law was going to be damned if he was going to inject any of them with anything, it cost money, lol.............we had fantastic meat, I don't eat lamb, never have, never will. I did try the pork chops and they where great, steak was great also.
BUT, I have not had red meat in over a year, it makes me sick to even look at it now. And I loved a great steak. I am still eating chicken, almost done with that issue, but I buy either kosher or organic. Moving onwards to complete vegatarian. Great show, and may Oprah hear the crys of going veggie!!!!!!!!!!!
Love and hugs,
Laurie

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on October 15, 2008 at 8:53am

I found the show to be incredibly compelling- especially if someone was not veg or eating cage-free products already then it would motivate them to strongly consider it.

However, what do you guys think about the farmers who said it would bankrupt them to change so drastically? I cannot understand how farmers coming of age now would not choose cage-free/organic farming if they were just starting a farm. However, with older farming institutions where dramatic change would be required (and it would cost a fortune) how should they handle the money situation? I would hate, hate, hate to see American farms go out of business, especially since America already imports so much of its produce, eggs, milk, and meat. As a country there has been a solid effort to "buy local" to minimize ecological impact.

What do you think should really be done? Would Americans buy cage free? 95% of eggs in this country that are bought are not cage free. Could this show change that or does price factor more into the situation than anything else?

I loved the show but I was already convinced about animal rights. Does it change people when they look at their wallets?

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