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“We can’t plead ignorance, only indifference. We have the burden and the opportunity of living in the moment when the critique of factory farming broke into the popular consciousness. We are the ones of whom it will be fairly asked, ‘What did you do when you learned the truth about eating animals?’” - Jonathan Safran Foer

Factory farming tortures God’s animals. When we consume of the products of factory farming, we are sending a clear message to factory farmers: I approve. Do it again. -Rev. Frank L. Hoffman

“We look at the animals as part of the environment, just as (humans) are. We’re not at the top of the pyramid; we’re part of the circle. And you start treating everything different when you put yourself in that position.” – Betsy Ross, cattle rancher

“Be Healthy” by rappers Dead Prez. (If you get these posts via email, you’ll need to go to the Powered By Produce site to hear the song.) Lyrics It’s all love . . . . . I don’t eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat I’m from …

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Vegetarians always ask about getting enough protein. But I don’t know any nutrition expert who can plan a diet of natural foods resulting in a protein deficiency, so long as you’re not deficient in calories. You need only five or six percent of total calories in protein… and it is practially impossible to get below …

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If everyone is thinking alike, somebody isn’t thinking. -George S. Patton

“Once our personal connection to what is wrong becomes clear, then we have to choose: we can go on as before, recognizing our dishonesty and living with it the best we can, or we can begin the effort to change the way we think and live.” -Wendell Berry, Kentucky farmer and writer

“Your life does matter. It always matters whether you reach out in friendship or lash out in anger. It always matters whether you live with compassion and awareness or whether you succumb to distractions and trivia. It always matters how you treat other people, how you treat animals, and how you treat yourself. It always …

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