On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:11:20 GMT, Jay Santos > wrote:
>Reynard wrote:
>> On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:42:09 GMT, Jay Santos > wrote:
>>>Reynard wrote:
>>>>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:17:57 -0500, "Scented Nectar" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>I think that veganic farming includes no-kill harvests.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>First, there is no such thing as "veganic farming".
>>>>>>Second, there is no form of commercial agriculture in
>>>>>>which farmers make consistent and effective efforts to
>>>>>>avoid killing animals.
>>>>>
>>>>>Then people should just do the best they can.
>>>>
>>>>And some do.
>>>
>>>None do.
>>
>> You've snipped the material I brought here which shows
>
>...that NO "vegan" does "all he can do". None do.

On the contrary, some do, as I've shown in the material
you keep snipping away.

<unsnip>

[At Lundberg Family Farms, we care deeply for the animals that
we share our fields with. For example, every spring before field
work begins, we search the fields for nests, rescuing eggs for a
local incubation centers (mature pairs re-nest when the nests are
disturbed like this). After hatching, the fledglings are raised and
released back into the wild. Last year, we rescued over 3,000
duck eggs. After harvest, we flood our fields to provide habitat
for winter migratory birds and waterfowl. They eat the rice that
is left in the fields and contribute fertilizer for next spring. There
are autumn days when the sky is blackened by canadian geese
(and the sound is beautiful)! We see ducks, geese, cranes, rails,
pheasants, egrets, herons, swans, and even bald eagles resting in
our fields.

We are committed to sustainable and organic farming techniques.
We see our farming operation as a "partnership with nature," and
would not continue if rice harvesting resulted in the "death toll" that
this hoax suggests.

--> Kent Lundberg.

Kent Lundberg
Lundberg Family Farms
http://www.lundberg.com