Posted on 03/16/2006 8:01:21 AM PST by null and void
Farm-raised pigs are dirty, smelly animals ... They're also an environmental hazard. Their manure contains phosphorus, which ... runs off into lakes ... depleting oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases. ...
Pigs provide more dietary protein, more cheaply, to more people than any other animal. ...
Two Canadian scientists have created a pig whose manure doesn't contain very much phosphorus at all. ...
The Enviropig is one of many new technologies that are putting environmentalists and organic-food proponents in a quandary: should they remain categorically opposed to genetically modified (GM) foods ... at the expense of the environment? Pigs can also be modified to digest grasses and hay ... reducing the energy-intensive use of corn as pig feed. ...
[T]he Enviropig secrete[s] a phosphorus-extracting enzyme in its saliva. [They] can extract all the phosphorus they need from grain alone, without ... supplements... This reduces the phosphorus content of their manure by up to 75 percent. ...
Organic farmers [boast they are] better for the environment than so-called conventional farming. ... But if you think that concern for the environment will ever persuade organic farmers to accept the Enviropig or any other animal modified to reduce pollution, you'd be wrong. ...
Organic farmers can spray their crops with many chemicals including pyrethrin, a highly toxic pesticide, and rotenone, a potent neurotoxin recently linked to Parkinson's disease. Because these substances occur in nature ... they are deemed acceptable for use on organic farms. ...
Chances are, farmers will continue to grow their polluting organic pork, their allergenic organic soy and their neurotoxin-sprayed organic apples. Worse still, they will make sure that no one else gets a choice in the matter of improving the conditions of life on earth—unless, that is, others rise up and demand an alternative.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
As soon as pigs chew a cud, they become Kosher...
...and the fact that swine are not ruminants.
While we're at it, why don't we give them bloodhound-noses and an instinct for pursuing muslims tenaciously?
"Just what we need: immortal, unkillable enviro-friendly cud-chewing pigs that glow green in the dark."
They won't stay immortal if they are tastey..although i may have to eat my bacon with my eye's closed if its green.
The main reason I feel bad about eating bacon is that pigs are so smart... Apparently they are as smart as dogs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4605202.stm
1) Pigs have cloven hooves
2) Chewing a cud would make them a ruminant.
If it has cloven hooves and chews a cud, it is by defintion Kosher.
Leviticus 11:3
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
Leviticus 11:7
And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
I like the way you think...
I'll be darned - I stand corrected.
Inject them with the genes from liberals. Problem solved.
I have a choice, at least as far as vegetables and fruits are concerned. I grow my own and use heirloom non-hybidized seed strains that, if it becomes necessary, I can save my own seed and since it's non-hybridized, it will produce the same result from year to year. If you can't grow it, try to locate a local gardener that does grow heirlooms and sells to the public. Same goes for meat animals. There's always a way.
The author thinks environmentalism is about the environment? How quaint.
I'm angry about this propaganda piece, but you gave me a chuckle about making a genetically modified pig to go after the Muslims terrorists.
I've got news for the writer of the article....the people who choose to buy organic, who oppose Monsanto and the genetically modified seeds etc. are NOT going to change their minds.
The USDA has a plan in motion to require farmers and homesteaders to "chip" every cow,pig,goat, chicken, you name it. Right now they're saying it's voluntary, but it will be mandatory down the road, and those who refuse will be subject to large fines. As I've read, the huge corporate hog and cattle corporations won't have to chip each animal, rather they will be assigned a number for their groups. The farmer or homesteader will have to pay for each of their creatures.They'll also have to report if one is sold, or dies, or , as in horses, if you want to take your horse out to a trail ride or horse show, you will need to report any time the animal leaves the farm. I sincerely hope everyone refuses to do this, the only way that'll work is if everyone stands up against it. Our gov. has gotten so out of control, I see no limit in what they will do. Texas is in a debate over this chip thing right now. Missouri farmers are having group meetings. The press is strangely silent on this.
LOL!
Yup. Mind's made up, don't try to confuse us with facts...
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