http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/ A web site by Joshua Sowin that addresses culture, books, technology, ecology, religion, and other topics. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:17:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-114444 Lynette Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:14:05 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/#comment-114444 That all sounds great, but the problem is this. Raising animals or livestock for people to "consume" is a 7 day a week job. YOu care for them as you do yourself, you eat everyay and drink everyday, more than once. So do animals. No hoidays, no vacations. No one wants to work period less alone 7 days with no vacation, no days off. That is why the farm population dimished as consumer population grew. The laziness of people created the so called factory farmers! That all sounds great, but the problem is this. Raising animals or livestock for people to “consume” is a 7 day a week job. YOu care for them as you do yourself, you eat everyay and drink everyday, more than once. So do animals. No hoidays, no vacations. No one wants to work period less alone 7 days with no vacation, no days off. That is why the farm population dimished as consumer population grew. The laziness of people created the so called factory farmers!

]]> http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-49977 brent Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:27:02 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/#comment-49977 wow. incredible writing. i have thoughts along the same line as this but could never put them into words so succinctly and artfully. excellent article! keep writing, please. we need more voices like yours. wow. incredible writing. i have thoughts along the same line as this but could never put them into words so succinctly and artfully. excellent article! keep writing, please. we need more voices like yours.

]]> http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-4871 Justin Robinson Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:02:01 +0000 http://www.fireandknowledge.org/archives/2006/06/26/let-the-consumer-beware-part-1/#comment-4871 Keep the great articles comming ... or just write a book, I'd buy it. Keep the great articles comming … or just write a book, I’d buy it.

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