Behind the scenes

I was reading Penelope Trunks post about the meat industry funding the Amercian Heart Association and The American Diabetic Association. The Susan G. Komen fundraises for a breast cancer but is funded by the dairy industry


Interesting re the bodies that the meat and dairy industry funds. I used to wonder if they funded the Disney Channel. When my daughter watched it there always seem to be something negative said about vegetarians or vegans or their characters were weird. There were fairs with huge cheese wheel rolling, chicken wing eating contests and food fights. Everyone seemed to get jobs in frozen yogurt shops or ice cream parlours where the machine overflows and spend a lot of time talking about brisket, turkey legs, hot dogs and salmon while eschewing vegetables/ salad. I grew up on a small suckler farm and you’re right about when animals are being shipped or moved into an unfamiliar place. There is a certain amount of training to come to feed and getting used to electric fences to guide them but in the finish they will usually use sticks to get them to go where they want.Most of us are very removed from the food chain. We may grow a little of our food but generally don't slaughter our own meat. Mostly we buy it in the supermarket pre wrapped. A girl I knew used to be sent back town to thee butchers to pick up 2 T bone steaks. She hadted the smell of the butchers so much she used to call her order in from the door and he used to be laughing at her but still brought it out Local butchers regularly sponsor local football club jerseys and give vouchers as raffle prizes. I've never heard of a vegetarian or vegan refusing to wear the jersy. I think they would probably be asked to consciencly object eleswhere.Any sponsors will be taken. There must be thousands of other ways industries are encouraging official bodies to give them good PR.