Comments on: Chef Dan Barber Brings Sustainable, Humane Foie Gras to America http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/10/20/chef-dan-barber-brings-sustainable-humane-foie-gras-to-america/ For the love of cheese. And bacon. And butter. And raw milk. And all those other things we're not supposed to eat. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:21:44 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Angela http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/10/20/chef-dan-barber-brings-sustainable-humane-foie-gras-to-america/comment-page-1/#comment-26668 Angela Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:34:24 +0000 http://www.cheeseslave.com/?p=4203#comment-26668 Thanks for bringing up this important issue. I learned about this "free range" natural way of raising geese a couple of years ago and it's great to hear that Dan Barber is working on offering this alternative. I'm a big fan of the Real Food network and would love to have dinner with you all at the conference. Please be in touch. Angela Thanks for bringing up this important issue. I learned about this “free range” natural way of raising geese a couple of years ago and it’s great to hear that Dan Barber is working on offering this alternative.

I’m a big fan of the Real Food network and would love to have dinner with you all at the conference. Please be in touch.

Angela

]]> By: Tim Young http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/10/20/chef-dan-barber-brings-sustainable-humane-foie-gras-to-america/comment-page-1/#comment-26105 Tim Young Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:24:35 +0000 http://www.cheeseslave.com/?p=4203#comment-26105 Dan's right to be doing this. We're doing the same thing in Georgia using heritage geese (Pilgrim, Pomeranian, Toulouse and African), planting figs, persimmons and forages that allow them to do what they do naturally. Tim <a href="http://www.naturesharmonyfarm.com" rel="nofollow">Nature's Harmony Farm</a> Dan’s right to be doing this. We’re doing the same thing in Georgia using heritage geese (Pilgrim, Pomeranian, Toulouse and African), planting figs, persimmons and forages that allow them to do what they do naturally.

Tim
Nature’s Harmony Farm

]]> By: Joanne of Open Mind Required http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/10/20/chef-dan-barber-brings-sustainable-humane-foie-gras-to-america/comment-page-1/#comment-25836 Joanne of Open Mind Required Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:10:36 +0000 http://www.cheeseslave.com/?p=4203#comment-25836 Wow. Those were great videos. I'm one of those people who condemned foie gras while knowing absolutely nothing about it. Ignorance is bliss, but it's also stupid. Thanks for enlightening me. Wow. Those were great videos. I’m one of those people who condemned foie gras while knowing absolutely nothing about it. Ignorance is bliss, but it’s also stupid. Thanks for enlightening me.

]]> By: Angelique http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/10/20/chef-dan-barber-brings-sustainable-humane-foie-gras-to-america/comment-page-1/#comment-25814 Angelique Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:41:45 +0000 http://www.cheeseslave.com/?p=4203#comment-25814 It's too bad that foie gras is seen as worse than other factory farmed food products. It unfairly targets foie gras and simultaneously lets other producers off the hook. This Spanish model makes sense and it sounds much healthier (figs and nuts? I'd probably gorge myself!), tastier and certainly more enjoyable for the goose while it is alive. The CEO of the Humane Society recently blogged about the sci-fi type horrors happening to other animals for food: Genetic modification for rapid muscling that causes billions of animals to endure chronic pain from skeletal disorders that impair their ability to even walk. Turkeys are so top-heavy they are physically incapable of mating. Chickens suffer such explosive growth that they have to be starved lest they risk cardiac rupture. “Double-muscled” calves born into the beef industry grow so freakishly huge that they can only be extracted via Caesarian section. Some hens lay so many eggs that they risk a prolapse—laying her own uterus. And there are cows capable of generating ten times more milk than a calf could ever suckle. The Humane Society of the United States does amazing work to raise awareness and put pressure on food producers to produce humanely in *this* country. I hope everyone supports them! It’s too bad that foie gras is seen as worse than other factory farmed food products. It unfairly targets foie gras and simultaneously lets other producers off the hook. This Spanish model makes sense and it sounds much healthier (figs and nuts? I’d probably gorge myself!), tastier and certainly more enjoyable for the goose while it is alive.

The CEO of the Humane Society recently blogged about the sci-fi type horrors happening to other animals for food: Genetic modification for rapid muscling that causes billions of animals to endure chronic pain from skeletal disorders that impair their ability to even walk. Turkeys are so top-heavy they are physically incapable of mating. Chickens suffer such explosive growth that they have to be starved lest they risk cardiac rupture. “Double-muscled” calves born into the beef industry grow so freakishly huge that they can only be extracted via Caesarian section. Some hens lay so many eggs that they risk a prolapse—laying her own uterus. And there are cows capable of generating ten times more milk than a calf could ever suckle.

The Humane Society of the United States does amazing work to raise awareness and put pressure on food producers to produce humanely in *this* country. I hope everyone supports them!

]]> By: Jason Monaghan http://www.cheeseslave.com/2009/10/20/chef-dan-barber-brings-sustainable-humane-foie-gras-to-america/comment-page-1/#comment-25804 Jason Monaghan Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:52:18 +0000 http://www.cheeseslave.com/?p=4203#comment-25804 Hello AM, I am trying to get my passport in order so I can attend the conference. I'd love to come out to dinner if you'll have me. Hello AM,

I am trying to get my passport in order so I can attend the conference. I’d love to come out to dinner if you’ll have me.

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