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Food Chain Radio Show #919
April 11, 2013 • Sat 9AM Pacific

Michael Olson hosts:  Emily Meredith, Animal Agriculture Alliance

& Paul Shapiro, The Humane Society

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Should consumers be allowed to know how farmers grow food?
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Looking back, its easy to see the farm was a place of living and dying, and that all the living– people, animals, birds, and plants­­– knew what was coming.
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We the living tried to be kind to those dying, but try as we might, the process was never really pretty.  Picture, for just one of many possible examples, a barnyard of chickens hopping about without their heads, hearts pumping blood into the air until there was nothing left to pump. Not pretty, unless you were hungry.

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We, the living, have since moved to town, and now rely on industrial production systems for our food.  (And hey, to hell with chopping off all those chickens’ heads!)  But our newly found distance from the food we eat allows us to forget about the somewhat messy business of living and dying on the farm.
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Living in the city allows us to think we can live without cruelty! And so the farms of industrial agriculture have become targets of those who want to eliminate cruelty.  But whether we can take lives, as we must takes lives, without being cruel, or unseemly, is now the question of the day.  And so we ask…
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Should consumers be allowed to know how farmers grow food?

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Monologue

Dr. Wallach starts the show talking about surgical procedures that are unwarranted. Outlining several studies that support his argument that knee surgeries to fix osteoporosis are worthless. As well as lower back surgeries for degenerative disk disease.

Pearls of Wisdom

Doug Winfrey and Dr. Wallach discuss a news article concerning a poll from the American Cancer Society. The ACS polled primary care physcians as to whether they would order a mammography screening test for a woman with another terminal illness such as late stage inoperable lung cancer. Surprisingly nearly half of the doctors polled said they would order the test. Doug and Doc also briefly discuss a story about patients charging doctors when the doctors are late for appointments.

Callers

• Jo has questions regarding her daughter who has been ill for two years and doctors can't pinpoint the problem.
• Tommy's father has a diagnosis of pre-cancerous keratosis.
• Kristen has TMJ (temporomandibular joint disorder) and is grinding and damaging her teeth.
• Suzy's brother has been diagnosed with histiocytosis).

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