Leaflet for anti-factory farming book reading

[Guest guest]

Thank you for organizing this, Rachel! One thing I learned when

leafleting is just how often the subject of humane meat comes up,

particularly in the Bay Area. When leafleting in the past, I noticed how

often the anti-factory farming argument led people in the direction of

humane meat and not towards vegetarianism. I felt frustrated that the

available literature only discussed health, the environment, and factory

farming, all of which are reasons to choose humane meat (as people may

find out at the book reading!).

 

To try to address this lack in the literature, I helped work on LOVE's

pamphlets on veganism, which incorporate lessons learned over the course

of thousands of leafleting interactions. Instead of using the very

arguments that created and fuel the humane meat phenomenon, the

pamphlets focus the discussion on the use of non-human animals without

their free consent. The leaflets are not perfect, but they do present a

strong vegan message and specifically address why humane animal

agriculture and veganism are incompatible. I think they offer a strong

case for veganism even as local, sustainable, humane animal agriculture

circumvents the reasons commonly cited for vegetarianism. You can

download the pamphlets at:

http://loveallbeings.org/living-veganism/vegan-pamphlets/

 

Of course, we vegetarians don't always share a common reason for our

choice of diet (and I remember from a conversation with you that we may

differ a bit in this regard), and so our choice of literature might

naturally differ. I wanted to share this particular pamphlet with you as

an additional resource to choose from, especially given that it grew out

of the experience of meeting so many people while leafleting who chose

humane meat after learning about factory farms.

 

Victor

 

Rachel wrote:

I'm sure that very few will have read

the book already and been exposed to the idea that " humane meats "

(oxymoron) is

the answer. So we can head them off at the pass with some great leaflets

that

explain why " going vegan " is a much better answer!

 

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The Vegan Ideal: http://veganideal.org/

Veganism as Anti-Oppression: http://loveallbeings.org/