Wouldn’t it help Americans more, in the long run, if we were forced to accept some responsibility for the environmental wreckage we prefer to assume is totally out of our control? Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
Go ahead, weathercasters and reporters: Tell Americans precisely what we don’t want to hear: namely, that our self-indulgent, carbon-heavy, gluttonous and disposable lifestyle is precisely what is churning up the angry response from the skies and seas. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
McDonald’s says it’s phasing out pig gestation crates. When I heard that news, I almost started crying. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
A breeding sow spends most of her life in a tiny cage. It’s usually about seven feet long and two feet wide. She cannot turn around. She cannot scratch herself. She must urinate and defecate where she stands. Simply put, I believe she is tortured, day in and day out. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
If you know something is morally reprehensible, then it is your moral obligation to stop it as soon as possible. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
Scientists have shown that pigs are capable of playing simple video games, learning from each other, and even learning names. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
I would much rather devour a piece of well-seasoned squash than a slice of an animal’s rotting carcass. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
We have been brainwashed into craving a diet that is killing us. What we believe tastes good is generally what we have been socially conditioned to enjoy. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
The fact is: America’s obsession with meat and dairy has pretty much destroyed our sense of taste. The average burger and milkshake meal is so overloaded with fat, salt and sugar that it has numbed our taste buds to virtually anything else. Jane Velez-Mitchell Read Quote
