November 30, 2021:
> He said the Kooymans, owners of Chilliwack Cattle Sales, the largest dairy farm on the province, took 700 cows alone. Source
From 2017:
Chilliwack cow abusers sentenced to jail time
> In December, Chilliwack Cattle Sales was fined $300,000 after president Kenneth Kooyman pleaded guilty to three charges of animal cruelty on behalf of the farm itself and his brother Wesley, a company director, pleaded guilty to one charge personally. Four other former farm employees are also facing animal cruelty charges. They are expected in court on May 29.
We saw another high profile animal cruelty case last month with Cedar Valley Farms: B.C. farm has dairy licence suspended amid animal cruelty allegations. There is a close connection between Cedar Valley Farms and Chilliwack Cattle Sales. The veterinarian for Chilliwack Cattle Sales at the time of the animal abuses cases was Dr. Rich Vanderwal, a member of the Vanderwal family who owns and operates Cedar Valley Farms. Despite the animal abuse in this recent case, the BC Milk Marketing Board reinstated Cedar Valley's license just a few weeks after it was suspended.
There needs to be an independent third party or government officials posted at Chilliwack Cattle Sales that monitors this company with such a large influx of vulnerable animals. Anyone who is familiar with either of these cases, these individuals, and these companies will get a sinking feeling knowing that hundreds of animals are placed into the "care" of notorious animal abusers.
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So I just saw a post about an australian solar farm, and for some reason I imagined a livestock farm with solar panel roofs. Since most areas use indoor farming anyways, along with cows benefitting from such things in certain areas, would it behoove the farmer to run on solar/renewable energy to offset the methane produced by the animals? How much energy would it have to produce per cow to be carbon neutral? I care about the environment but also love cheeseburgers.
Posted this in the "How to save the world" post, got downvoted. The way I see it, lessening consumption of dairy products is one of the easiest ways for consumers to choose the environment in their purchases. You don't even have to quit or go vegan or anything. Just consume less, consider alt-milks like oat milk or something to have in your cereal. Eat a chicken breast instead of a steak. Just don't complain about a country burning down their forests to create room for them to compete in a dairy-crazed global market.
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When my wife and I decided to sell our horse farm to our daughter we started looking for a home to purchase. We decided to stay rural as I needed a large garage for my toys.
We looked at several homes and we finally found one we really liked and made an offer on it. We moved quickly as most houses in this area are sold before they even are listed for sale. We looked at the place in early March and the wind must have been blowing south. We didn’t smell anything. But when I mentioned to another farmer that lived in the area where the house was I was buying. He looked puzzled and asked if I got a good deal? When I asked why? He said I would figure it out.
Well shortly after moving in we figured it out. We are directly east of their silage storage. The wind predominantly comes from the west. They load trailers with silage “basically fermented grain that smells like rotten garbage” from 5:30 am until about 5 pm. So we get that smell all day long. Occasionally we will get a good wind and can’t smell it. Not very offend though.
We have grown use to that smell. Fortunately It doesn’t make it inside the house, But when they pump out the manure lagoon that’s a whole other story. Not sure yet how often they do empty it, but when they do that smell is ungodly. Basically they spray liquid manure out of what I call a shit canon, onto farm fields around here. Sprays for a hundred yards or so. They also spread it by hooking a hose from a pump to a device they pull behind a giant tractor and it basically covers about a 75 foot wide path with liquid cow shit.
Now we have lived on a horse boarding facility the last 20 years and thought we were use to country smells. But nothing could have prepared us for these smells. Like I said they generally don’t make it inside the house. Of course we keep the windows closed. And the shit canon smell does make it inside a little bit.
We are pretty use to the silage smell at this point. But we will never be able to have an outdoor party and invite our city living friends. They would not be able to take it.
And I won’t even mention the fly problem. I now have heard the previous owner argued with them over this to no avail. I realize they were here first and it’s just how it’s going to be. But I wish we had a better idea of how bad the smell was before put in an offer.
Tl;dr. Tifu by buying a house across the street from a dairy cattle operation. Now I have to deal with horrible smells and tons of flys.
https://vimeo.com/340292407
Title says it all. Also, on a sidenote, I own a horse farm and have 97 acres. Would it be worth it to have a couple of my own cows for my own dairy needs or would it prove to be too much work?
The only concession that the Karnataka Bill makes is to define cattle as bovines “below the age of thirteen years”. In other words, both cattle and buffaloes that are aged beyond 13 years can be culled. But from a dairy farmer’s standpoint, that isn’t particularly helpful
A typical crossbred cow takes 17-18 months to come to puberty and be ready for insemination. Adding 9-10 months of pregnancy, it will deliver its first calf and start producing milk at 27-28 months. Subsequent calvings, after factoring in three-four months post-partum rest, happen every 13-14 months. Farmers usually don’t keep a cow beyond five-six calvings, when milk yields fall and the returns don’t justify the costs of feeding and maintenance. By then, the animal is seven-eight years old.
If the stated objective behind enacting an anti-slaughter legislation is “preservation of cattle”, that message is clearly not being heeded by farmers. They seem more inclined towards rearing animals that can be easily disposed of once their useful life is over.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/effect-of-new-slaughter-laws-cattle-numbers-fall-in-bjp-ruled-states-7101473/
This post is inspired by another one on this sub last week, where this list from the totally unbiased source Dairy MAX was posted along with the claim that any vegan who uses products on this list is a hypocrite as no alternatives for animal by-products in these products exist and that we will always be reliant on animals for these products. So, here is my investigation into animal-free alternatives for every product on this list.
Generally, these products were less "these products simply cannot be made without animals" and more "well, sometimes they contain the chemical that might be animal-derived, but it's really hard to know."
(Disclaimer: Obviously veganism is concerned with doing "as much as is possible and practicable" to avoid contribution to animal exploitation, so even if you can't guarantee that your life hasn't involved any products made with animal by-products in a society where such (by-)products are ubiquitous, this would not invalidate being vegan. This is especially true where medications are concerned. As I see it from an ethical view, the main goal should be the ending of the industries that are the main source of animal suffering, then we can tackle the issue of minute by-product use in other products. Especially since if a decline/end in consumption of the animal non-by-products would force companies to do research into alternatives to them, since it is not economically feasible to raise cattle just for the collagen/gelatin/etc.)
Household Goods
Candles: Most candles nowadays are made from paraffin wax, beeswax (the main non-vegan option), or plant waxes like soy, palm, or carnauba. Tallow used to be used, but not any more. See also VeganFriendly.
Cellophane: "Cellophane™ is a polymeric cellulose film made from the cellulose from wood, cotton, hemp, or other sources." (source). The more general plastic wrap is made, unsurprisingly, from plastics like PVC. None of the pages I saw when Googling this one mentioned animal fats.
Ceramics: Obviously bone china isn't vegan as it contains bo
... keep reading on reddit ➡Does anyone know of any cattle or dairy farms where I can actually go and visit the cows?
