tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post4783545553748699613..comments2024-01-31T19:34:07.460+08:00Comments on The Cabbages of Doom: Are "Happy Eggs" really happy? (And are Viva really pro-welfare?)Richard Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16115218690707131186noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-16587121938789531912020-01-27T02:23:57.746+08:002020-01-27T02:23:57.746+08:00I just finished my first dozen of Happy Eggs-watch...I just finished my first dozen of Happy Eggs-watched their video of the farm-and was delighted-then noticed the Viva review and was very disturbed-continued to review on google and found this article. I feel a lot better and now an off to buy my 2nd dozen Happy Eggs-Thank you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754199172164699404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-82286530223956261002017-05-26T20:33:35.719+08:002017-05-26T20:33:35.719+08:00Hi Matt. It wasn't so much a slip of the mind ...Hi Matt. It wasn't so much a slip of the mind as an omission of qualifiers. We need a certain amount of protein of the right kind because we cannot make all the different amino acids ourselves. It is certainly true that it is possible to do this without eating meat. However, it is also true that it is much easier to get our protein requirements via meat - by nature, we are omnivores, not herbivores.<br /><br />Considering this, and the fact that I was responding to someone who was making a specific claim about cheap meat and eggs being necessary, I felt it appropriate to make the assumption that meat was chosen protein source in this case. However, despite needing meat (or other protein), the key point it that we don't need as much as most people consume, especially those on a tight budget. (Easy to say but not so easy to do.) But yes, you're right - you could cut out meat completely, which would be even better for the environment.Richard Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115218690707131186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-69327411836860837722017-05-20T18:35:05.382+08:002017-05-20T18:35:05.382+08:00Just wanted to say that I really appreciated your ...Just wanted to say that I really appreciated your post. You have summarised a lot of the things I wanted to say but, shamefully, haven't gotten around to yet! I do question one point though, "the meat the NEED (as opposed to WANT)". Now, I'm a rabid carnivore, so I don't think I can be biased about this. However, when does ANYBODY actually NEED meat? Doing without it is perfectly healthy, even if the claims that it's actually healthier are a bit iffy. It's certainly cheaper. So was that just a slip of the mind or something more significant in your thinking?Matt Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964498896834392478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-18697364735031657092017-05-20T18:34:28.234+08:002017-05-20T18:34:28.234+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matt Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964498896834392478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-14721848372513555392016-12-05T18:31:52.704+08:002016-12-05T18:31:52.704+08:00The viewpoint comes from the fact that we eat far ...The viewpoint comes from the fact that we eat far more meat than we need to in our diet. We could easily spend the same amount on less higher-welfare meat, which would be better for our health and the environment. If the destitute genuinely cannot afford the meat that they NEED (as opposed to WANT), the solution is better social welfare and less inequality, not sinking to the lowest common denominator in terms of ethics.Richard Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16115218690707131186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-90583378370406138152016-11-28T01:43:59.183+08:002016-11-28T01:43:59.183+08:00I never understand the viewpoint, that "there...I never understand the viewpoint, that "there is no need for the flood of cheap meat in the supermarket".<br /><br />Sure, if you can afford to, it's better for you, the environment and the animals to go free range/cage free/grass fed.<br /><br />But to the financially destitute, dirt cheap meat and eggs are as necessary as cheap, conventionally grown produce.GG Ducehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108797489328491855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749730248446670689.post-24280382282555368092016-08-03T19:12:40.730+08:002016-08-03T19:12:40.730+08:00Thank you so much for this! Thank you so much for this! Klisonbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05425403084290770831noreply@blogger.com