Food Network-- DEAR LORD!!

[marconivegan]

Last night I was working on the computer and the TV was on in the background. I had flipped to the Food Netowrk for no reason. "Easter Unwrapped" was on, and it was a pretty good show (aside from none of the foods featured being vegan...)

Anyway, suddenly, there was a segment on-- what else?-- eggs. This I had to see. They showed rows upon rows of hens, stacked atop one another in cages. The host explained how they use light to make the hens lay eggs. There were so many lies-- like how they only showed the "healthy-looking" hens. Also, they used euphamisms and corny jokes to explain away the utter horror I felt looking at this.

It was not an exposee of factory farms. It promoted eggs, calling them the ultimate "comfort food".

What is wrong with this picture??:mad: :confused:

[shellie]

That's so sad...how can they be so blinkered?

[veganloraine]

sometimes i'm really thankful we don't have cable...

i received the toronto humane society newsletter and the last issue had an article about the horrors of battery cages. i was really impressed - until it came to the end of the article and it gave all these options to "help" the situation for the hens: buying free-range eggs, writing letters, etc. BUT it didn't even hint at the notion of not eating eggs at all, which is what started this mess in the first place!! grrrr...