What is Behind Small Family Farms?
There seems to be a growing concern in the population about
industrial farms and the risk they pose to our health and the
environment, and the undeniable cruelty on their animals. Because of
these issues, more people in Switzerland are calling for and supporting
small family farms, which in people's minds are still idyllic,
paradisiacal places where there's a perfect balance between animals,
nature and working families. However, Dr. Will Tuttle, author or "The
World Peace Diet" reminds us that in small family farms suffering is
common among farmed animals.
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Switzerland - The Dark Side of Small Farms
Small family farms are in many cases much better than large scale
industrial farms; however, in small family farms God's animals are still
subjected to mutilations without pain-killers, mothers are separated
from their offspring at a very early age and young, healthy animals are
slaughtered. Very few people in the word need animal products in order
to survive, so adopting a plant-based diet seems to be the right
approach if, as stewards of God's Creation, we want to help end
suffering and be examples of compassion and peace as Jesus was.
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