The average person in a developed country spends anywhere between about 9-25% of their income on food, depending on the income strata they're in. Low income > higher %
Intensive agriculture output is about 300-500% more than conventional agriculture, removing it aside from the obvious mass starvation which will ensue will increase the amount YOU spend on food by 3-5x.
That'll wipe out the low income altogether, they simply cease to exist after awhile, so for all you hobo's on the 10-14k a year, sorry, you're pretty much screwed. For the rest of you making more, the middle income sector of around 20-50k will be spending about half to third of your income on food if you continue to eat as you do now... hope you've still got enough for rent. You can forget about a little treat every now and then.

Yeah, that intensive agriculture is so terrible, unless you figure on going back to mixed conventional/intensive, subsistence agriculture where approximately 70-80% of the world ends up scratching out a living.
Sorry, can't go out tonight, got to get the fields tilled.
Woops, drought for 5 years in a row, some of you are going to die.

Consider the alternatives...

French Omelette > American Omelette

man alittle messed up but not messed up enough for me to give up Eggs Benedict in a holondaise with crab hash. Also if the video disturbs you go freerange. Couldn't agree more that the message at the end seems to negate the whole rest of the video. It would be nice to see something liek this without a message being pushed besides stopping cruelty to animals. Live a vegan life or you hate chicken little...you don't hate chicken little...do you?

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Originally posted by Lilith The average person in a developed country spends anywhere between about 9-25% of their income on food, depending on the income strata they're in. Low income > higher % Intensive agriculture output is about 300-500% more than conventional agriculture, removing it aside from the obvious mass starvation which will ensue will increase the amount YOU spend on food by 3-5x. That'll wipe out the low income altogether, they simply cease to exist after awhile, so for all you hobo's on the 10-14k a year, sorry, you're pretty much screwed. For the rest of you making more, the middle income sector of around 20-50k will be spending about half to third of your income on food if you continue to eat as you do now... hope you've still got enough for rent. You can forget about a little treat every now and then. Yeah, that intensive agriculture is so terrible, unless you figure on going back to mixed conventional/intensive, subsistence agriculture where approximately 70-80% of the world ends up scratching out a living. Sorry, can't go out tonight, got to get the fields tilled. Woops, drought for 5 years in a row, some of you are going to die. Consider the alternatives...

Thank you. This goes for organic and nonGE farming as well

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Originally posted by Lilith The average person in a developed country spends anywhere between about 9-25% of their income on food, depending on the income strata they're in. Low income > higher % Intensive agriculture output is about 300-500% more than conventional agriculture, removing it aside from the obvious mass starvation which will ensue will increase the amount YOU spend on food by 3-5x. That'll wipe out the low income altogether, they simply cease to exist after awhile, so for all you hobo's on the 10-14k a year, sorry, you're pretty much screwed. For the rest of you making more, the middle income sector of around 20-50k will be spending about half to third of your income on food if you continue to eat as you do now... hope you've still got enough for rent. You can forget about a little treat every now and then. Yeah, that intensive agriculture is so terrible, unless you figure on going back to mixed conventional/intensive, subsistence agriculture where approximately 70-80% of the world ends up scratching out a living. Sorry, can't go out tonight, got to get the fields tilled. Woops, drought for 5 years in a row, some of you are going to die. Consider the alternatives...

grow your own produce, and breed your own chickens.

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lol @ you can save these chicks by taking up a vegan diet

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but when I make my omelettes I crack open a raw egg. I don't think I've ever used an actual chick.

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Originally posted by wotyzoid Dude, everyone is being radical in this thread. I'm not saying I'm gonna turn into a vegan because of the reporting. All I'm saying it's I think this is something people should think about and be aware of. They ARE living things after all.

every time you scratch your nose it's a holocaust of living things. nobody is really aware of it, because who gives a fuck. people only like these things because they're light & fluffy, like my eggs

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Originally posted by idoru I don't know about the rest of you guys, but when I make my omelettes I crack open a raw egg. I don't think I've ever used an actual chick.

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just think about what those birds do to those poor worms when the dew grass gets them to come out of the ground in the morning.

Its like that grinder machine.