Monday November 2, 2009, 2:17 pm
Clarification: World Watch Report on “Livestock and Climate Change”
While this report contains vital, usable information about the contribution of animal farming to greenhouse gas emissions and argues strongly for a plant-based diet free of meat and dairy ingredients, it isn’t clear whether the authors are including eggs in their use of the term “dairy.”


In addition, four of the five meatless products highlighted on page 16 of the report contain animal ingredients and therefore are not vegan. The only vegan product pictured on p. 16 is the Organic SUNSHINE Burgers. As for the other products pictured on p. 16:


1. Gardenburger - The Original Veggie Burgers contains dairy milk: MOZZARELLA CHEESE, CHEDDAR CHEESE, NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, AND WHEY.


2. MorningStar Farms Bacon Strips contains eggs and dairy milk: EGG WHITES and NONFAT DRY MILK.


3. Boca Meatless Breakfast Links contains dairy milk: CULTURED WHEY (FROM DAIRY MILK).


4. Quorn Naked Chik’n Cutlets contains eggs and milk: REHYDRATED EGG WHITE AND WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE.


While egg and dairy ingredients in processed foods, like the ones shown above, might seem negligible compared with cartons of eggs and quarts of milk, in reality the volume of eggs and dairy milk in non-vegan processed foods is enormous. Processed foods ranging from “vegetarian” burgers to cake mixes that contain egg and dairy milk ingredients are dumping grounds for huge egg and dairy surpluses, involving millions of cows, calves, hens, roosters and chicks on industrialized farms.


So ubiquitous are processed eggs (liquid, dehydrated, and frozen) in the food industry that some egg farms devote 100 percent of their business to preparing eggs strictly for the processed food market using equipment with a capacity for handling 90,000 eggs per hour, according to Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production, 5th edition, p. 977.

Tuesday November 3, 2009, 1:12 pm
Thank you Tierney, for your further clarification of the article. I find the whole situation of factory farming deplorable and wish it could be stopped. However, I do not know if it can be done because of the pressures on society of over population. Over population is the problem in so many matters. Why can't we teach Third World Women the facts of life and give them prenatal care and make sure that they do not found bound to produce so many children. The factory farms will continue as long as man continues to reproduce at such an alraming rate.

Tuesday November 3, 2009, 2:07 pm
I believe that I have read that- if the majority of people were vegetarian or vegan it would make a significant difference to the lessoning of methane gas (produced by the animals)into the environment. Also, we use way too much water, electricity, and grain to produce meat. So -it is bad enough that the Western countries gorge on meat, I hope we won't support Heifer International whose aim is to introduce animal husbandry in Africa. What Africa needs is a sound knowledge of farming basics of veggies and grain - as well as developing sources of water for them and their crops. If they are mainly vegetarian - they will also be healthier.

Tuesday November 3, 2009, 2:08 pm
I would like to add also that eggs by the millions are being used for production of all the flu virus vacines!! They have a new technology to avoid eggs but have yet to use it. This new technology would speed the process up greatly. I have not heard anything furthur on this . If anyone has please let us know.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 3:10 am
thanks for keeping us updated on chicken and eggs. We love this educational news.

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 5:18 am
Thannxxx for this latest news.... sherbet I just feel we consume way to much.. as a child I never saw fat people... they were rare, but in todays society obesity is everywhere.. this needs to be adressed, as this could reduce a large amount of our carbon footprint

Wednesday November 4, 2009, 7:42 am
Please visit the following for a critique of the original report. It's an important peer review from fellow animal advocate Dr. Dave Steele from the University of British Columbia, Canada.

http://www.vegan.com/articles/environment/a-sympathetic-but-skeptical-look-at-goodland-and-anhangs-livestock-and-climate-change/