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Sep 25, 2010

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00:00:00 PRODUCED BY EATING.
00:00:02 THEY ARE TREATING LIVING ANIMALS LIKE DEAD ONE.
00:00:05 WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
00:00:07 >> THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF FARMS.
00:00:09 FACTORY FARMS AND SMALL FAMILY FARMS.
00:00:12 SMALL FAMILY FARMS THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY ARE IMAGINING A FARM, ANIMALS ON GRASS AND FENCE POST AND FARMERS WALKING AROUND IN SUNSHINE AND HAY.
00:00:25 IN AMERICA 90% OF THE FARMS ARE ANIMALS ARE RAISED BY CONCENTRATION, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC FROM BIRTH UNTIL DEATH, PIECES OF THEIR BODY REMOVED WITHOUT ANESTHETIC.
00:00:46 OUR FOOD SYSTEM HAS BECOME LIKE OUR TENNIS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM.
00:00:50 IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW WE TREAT THESE THINGS.
00:00:53 UNFORTUNATELY, IT ALSO DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ARE.
00:00:57 WE HAVE THE VERY DISINSTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY.
00:01:00 >> WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA ABOUT WRITING "EATING ANIMALS"?
00:01:06 >> WHEN OUR WIFE GOT PREGNANT WITH OUR FIRST CHILD, I THOUGHT ABOUT FEEDING SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT FRIGHTENED ME.
00:01:15 I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE AFFECTS ON OUR BODIES AND WORLD.
00:01:20 >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE AFFECT OUR OR BODIES, WHAT EFFECT WAS THE EATING MEAT ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
00:01:28 >> WELL, THE U.
00:01:29 N., WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY THE HUMANE SOCIETY, SAID THAT ANIMAL AGRICULTURE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING.
00:01:37 PRODUCES A LOT OF GREENHOUSE GASES, AND TOP TWO OR THREE CAUSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, AIR POLLUTION, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY.
00:01:48 BASICALLY, KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW, WE CAN SAY THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO ONESSELF AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.
00:02:00 >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS.
00:02:06 EXPLAIN THAT.
00:02:08 >> IT TAKES 26 CALORIES OF FOOD TO PUT INTO THE ANIMAL, YOU GET ONE BACK.
00:02:14 WE ARE BASICALLY MING SOUTH SOUTH AMERICA, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOUTH AFRICA, IT'S NOT SO GREAT.
00:02:27 BUT IS THE 50 CENT McDONALDS HAMBURGER IS CHICKEN NUGGETS.
00:02:33 >> BASED ON YOUR BOOK, IS THERE ANY SUCH THING AS GOOD MEAT?
00:02:39 >> I'M NOT ONE TO SAY.
00:02:41 IS THERE SUCH A THING AS A FARM WHERE ANIMALS ARE TREATED WELL?
00:02:44 YES, I WENT TO FARMS THAT FARMERS TREATED THE ANIMALS BETTER THAN I TREAT MY DOG.
00:02:54 I ALSO WENT TO FARMS THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE.
00:02:57 THE QUESTION IS CAN WE HAVE A FARM SYSTEM THAT'S LIKE THAT, WANT ANSWER IS NO.
00:03:02 THERE MIGHT BE AN ANALOGY TO CHILD WELFARE, EXCUSE ME, LABOR.
00:03:09 6-YEAR-OLD GIVE THEM A JOB TO ENABLE THE FAMILY TO STAY TOGETHER.
00:03:18 WE HAVE A SYSTEM LIKE THAT.
00:03:20 THOSE IN THE MERCY OF THOSE AT POWER, AND SUCH STRONG INCENTIVE TO ABUSE THE POWER, IT ALWAYS GETS ABUSED.
00:03:27 IN AMERICAS WE HAVE ALWAYS HAVE REALLY GOOD FARMERS.
00:03:32 REALLY NOBLE PEOPLE, AND APPEAL TO THE STEWARDSHIP, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE A FARM SYSTEM LIKE THAT.
00:03:39 >> THE BOOK IS CALLED "EATING ANIMALS" AUTHOR JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER.
00:03:47 >> BACK TO THE HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY TENT.
00:03:55 HERE'S STACY SCHIFF JUST BEING INTRODUCED TALKING ABOUT HER BOOK CLEOPATRA.
00:04:02 [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU FOR TURNING OUT.
00:04:06 I SUSPECT YOU ARE ALL MELTS OUT THERE.
00:04:08 BECAUSE I'M MELTING UP HERE.
00:04:10 IF YOU REFERRED FROM
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