Since recording this video, we have launched into phase two of #dismantledairy, with our new investigation breaking in The Independent. Please share the article and investigation as much as you possibly can. Cows were found to be violently kicked, punched and sexually abused at a dairy farm owned by the Deputy President of the National Farmers' Union, Guy Smith. Workers at the Essex farm, owned by a company of which Guy Smith is director, are seen in the video kicking, punching and hitting dairy cows with sticks. Some of the most disturbing footage shows one worker touching two cows in intimate areas on two different occasions. The worker appears to be moving his hand up and down in a way that would suggest masturbation. The footage was so horrific that The Independent couldn't show all of it, but you can see the full investigation on our website below. SHARE: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cow-sexual-abuse-violence-dairy-farm-punch-kick-hit-essex-nfu-a9215306.html FULL INVESTIGATION: www.surgeactivism.org/dismantledairynfu
How about making some videos more like this from Australia th-cam.com/video/cOmdkN6MOwU/w-d-xo.html Or like shark who fights animal Cruelty th-cam.com/users/SHARKonlineorg Instead of these click bait shock videos. Maybe a little bigger of a production to show how a waste of water and food production form the cattle industry. not to mention the cruelty, try to make some better videos.
Industry of Nature. No more Human Terraforming , Leave the world in a better shape than when you arrived . Civilization destroy animals habitat. Way of Seeing.
Dam youre right. Im leaving tesco asap. Working down the cooked meats isle today, putting out the chickens. Couldnt help but say out loud "come get yer dead birds!" Made a couple of customers laugh. Not sure the management would consider it professional though. Anyone got a job on a vegan street food stall in the south east of england? Ill work for minimum wage and my references are superb. Or do i sell my shares and start my own 🤔
I want to hear our politicians talking about how they will close down intensive farms and re-skill farmers into stuff like renewable energy... but no politician is willing to address the agriculture problem
@@bellywood7688 The problem I don't see Ed address is that the vegan lifestyle is also responsible for the deaths of millions of animals as well (not to mention that there is scientific evidence of even plants being able to feel, just because they are plants do not mean they aren't alive, and ironically , a lot of vegans mock the idea of plants being abused.) in other words, Ed is only addressing part of the issue, the whole food industry needs to be transformed; and we need to be realistic, unless we learn how to absorb light energy from the sun, we are unable to live without the consumption of another life form to survive. the idea is to cause as minimum harm to other life forms as possible.
@@spicymang0o you need a central nervous system to feel pain, which plants don't. Force a dog into a fire and listen to it cry in pain. Do the same with a carrot and see what happens. And yes, many small animals are killed in the cultivation of crops, but we breed and kill 60 billion animals each year who are fed on the large majority of these crops. If we stop breeding these animals and only grow what we need for human consumption (and that of the animals in our care), most of these small creatures will live.
When I started to tell my relatives about dairy they just went "shut up! Shut up! I dont wan to hear that!". They know, that they are doing wrong, but they just dont want to change anything in their behaviour.
So true. As long as someone else is doing the dirty work, people will do all they can to avoid thinking about their responsibility. Consumers pay for it, so ultimately they are responsible.
I am in my 60s and I am converting to veganism for the sake of the environment and so for my children's and grandchildren's future. To be honest I don't feel like I am missing out on anything. Vegan food is delicious, healthy and way cheaper. Win, win win. All of this is noteworthy as I live in a dairying region in Australia. As an aside, the dairying industry in Queensland in Northern Australia is being decimated by our long and severe drought which has been linked to climate change. Ironic don't you think! You are an amazing spokesperson for these important issues and I applaud and support everything you do.
Thank you for thinking ahead for your children and grand children's future. Your amazing! I wish the older generation could take that extra step to ensure our future. Much love.
You do realise most of your food has to be transported right? So good for the environment. And don’t forget about the millions of animals killed in agriculture for your fruit and veg. Also check the ingredients on fake meat and dairy replacements, absolutely toxic. If you want a sustainable future eat local grass fed meat to ensure a natural cycle alongside proper nutrition.
Issy You do realise don't you that the earth's climate is getting dangerously close to a tipping point after which we will all be seriously affected by runaway climate change. I don't want to be too alarmists here but climate change is our generation's WW3. Seriously we will all have to work together to solve this existential threat. Meat and dairy production is a significant contributor to climate change and changing our diet is one way that every one of us can contribute. We are talking about far greater issues here than "toxic meat substitutes" or any of the other arguments that you present. I do understand that this is a confronting issue and will challenge long held assumptions. We must adapt as we have adapted to other challenges in our history. By the way a whole foods, plant based diet is one of the healthiest diet on the planet.
I'm a mother of three and still nursing our little one. Was asking my Non vegan boyfriend how he would feel if threre would come an alien popularity to earth an would take away our baby after birth and milk me till i'm not profitable anymore, and than kill me.. Unfortunatly we have three girls, so they would have the same future.. He's a vegan now
My wife and I became vegetarian 2 years ago and have very recently adopted a vegan lifestyle. I can’t tell you how nice a feeling it is to be no longer contributing to these vile industries. Amazing work ed! True hero
Shared w/ my sister and she got mad at me because she doesn’t like seeing that stuff. If only I could make her understand that if she doesn’t like it she shouldn’t support it. I am happy to say that my family doesn’t buy cow milk by the gallon anymore. Now they use vanilla almond milk, unsweetened almond milk for cooking, and chocolate cashew milk. They are still far from vegan but it’s something.
Everyday Kendall the small steps matter! All you you can do is encourage them and speak out in response. Sometimes I stay silent when I know it’s wasted breath for the moment, but overall you are living as an example of coexisting for a more just world! I hope they come around soon! Maybe offer to make them brunch or dinner sometime? (:
I respond to my fellows in this situation, if you can’t look at it and it makes you upset or mad, then there’s something wrong right? We can live on a plant-based diet. Education is key!
Going dairy free was something I did without the intention of being vegan, but now I'm vegan. Small steps matter, so don't give up hope! I know everyone is different, but their minds can change.
Fastfunpoker Jamie I’m sorry to disappoint you but earth is not flat. Surprisingly our planet is the same shape as the other ones neighboring us, a globe shape
@@fastfunpokerjamie124 ancient humans were able to prove the Earth is in fact spherical. You can even do your own tests and measurements yourself. It is very easy and something I've done in several science classes. This is basic science.
@@fastfunpokerjamie124 yeah it will change your world view then turn you into an idiot but then again if you actually come to believe it maybe you were just born an idiot
I can confirm that the excuse “they’re big animals, they don’t even feel it” in regard to whipping or hitting is a sad, weak attempt to relieve guilty conscious. Why? Because I used to ride horses and compete in rodeos and I used to say this, so did everyone else; parents of kids competing, other competitors, horse trainers, you name it. I’m no longer part of that toxicity I grew up in. When you know better, you do better. Anyone can live vegan!!! I want to add something else to this. When you see workers hitting and yelling at animals, keep in mind that people aren’t born wanting to do this. People do this when they’re being abused by humans and feel powerless. They are capable of stopping and becoming vegan. They are victims in the system in their own way. I used to be yelled at and bullied for “letting him have his way” if I wasn’t hitting/whipping my horse. There’s no excuse for what the workers do and for what I did growing up, but I just want to bring this perspective because industries that are cruel to animals are cruel to people as well.
Thanks for sharing. I wasn't sure how to view riding horses until I saw a video of a vegan girl justify her horse riding. The more she spoke, the more I became convinced I'm against it.
Lloyd Christmas of course! Do you happen to know where I can find the video? I’d be interested in checking it out. Yeah, I see horse riding completely different now. Because horses don’t willingly ask to be ridden, definitely not when they’re young and untrained, they wanna be left alone. They call it “breaking a horse” for a reason. It’s basically breaking their spirit so that they’re obedient. And it’s an egotistical sport.
I just met Ed in Cologne and it was one of the best days in my life. He is just as nice as he seems in his videos. Thanks for everything you do, Ed ❤️ PS hope you liked the candy 😊 And thank you so much for still making videos while touring Germany! 🌱😘 After his talk in Cologne he also took a lot of time to talk to everyone!!
I would honestly like to know what dairy farmers have to say to those of us who have lost loved ones because they believed the propaganda that dairy is necessary for our health. It has been proven over and over again that it causes heart disease and cancer among other health issues! I for one will rejoice when dairy farming reaches it's long over due end. Justifying the horrific abuse of innocent sentient beings while causing disease and death for humans is downright criminal and can no longer exist within an educated society. It's well past time to own up to it and move onto some other way to make a living!
@@unknownstuntman4166 No you didn't give them cancer but you did expose them to heavy metals, growth hormones, cancer causing amino acids, lactose of another mammal, puss, blood, and feces. So if they get checked out and don't have cancer then you didn't give them cancer. You just gave them things that are known scientifically to cause cancer. Hope that helps.
Laurie Lamonday They’d probably say the same thing an automobile factory worker would say to someone whose loved one died in a car crash. “I’m sorry for your loss, but it’s not really my fault.”
Thumper I think that the point Ed makes is that the universal practices (meaning on every dairy farm in the world) of dairy farming are abhorrent. The calf MUST be taken away from the mom at a very early age so that the farmers can get the milk. ALL dairy cows are sent to slaughter for their flesh. ALL dairy farms forcibly impregnate their cows.
Hi Ed, I'm new to your content as I only cut meat, dairy and eggs from my life two weeks ago. It's early days obviously, but I feel so much better in terms of my health and frankly, my conscience, already. I love your videos and your stance on animals rights. Keep up the good work. Thank you. 🙂
Good on you pal. You'll here that a lot from other Vegans, that they wish they would have gone vegan sooner, including myself. Although when I did go vegan almost 4 years ago I was kind of sucked into this thing of telling everybody how much better and healthier I was feeling, when in actual fact, I felt and still do feel exactly the same. #govegan
mat mul bro I feel the same as you. I was health-conscious and felt pretty good even before I went vegan and that didn’t change much when I went vegan. How I feel usually depends on what I eat throughout the day. But my conscience DEFINITELY felt better as soon as I went vegan.
You can ethically raise and own dairy cows... do these well fed and looked after cows look like slaves? Didn't think so. They can't work for money so they trade their commodities for protection and food. They seem fine with it to me th-cam.com/video/utD-WXhbjf0/w-d-xo.html
@@taelor56 Even if that is real and not an advertisement. What do you think happens to the poor cows. Please do not tell me they get retired. This is basic knowledge. Please use your brain from time to time.
If we had a torture chamber where one day a week, the victims were given cookies and massages. Would that positive aspect even be relevant to the evaluation if the other six days were torture?
I was actually in a grocery store the other day and an employee came over and started talking to me while I was getting some vegan cheese and sausage. She brought up that she was vegetarian and wanted to know what I thought of the cheese because dairy was something she just couldn't give up yet. If it hadn't been for all of the information that I have learned from your videos I never would have had the courage to engage and explain what goes on in this industry! You have helped me be a better communicator! Thank you for making me a better person at explaining myself!😁✌❤⭐
I had posted it to my instagram story and I've had really amazing reactions by friends who were shocked by what they saw. Every single time we spread the word we have the chance to reach someone. If it is just one person, we are still making a difference! Let's spread the word and let's FINALLY dismantle dairy.✌🏽💚
If you think about it deep down it’s about compassion it’s sad that some ppl don’t want to admit the truth because it’s so grim and evil behind the happy advertisement ☮️🌱thankyou ed for another educational video again so much support for you and the campaign ❤️
Been vegan for two months now and it's easier everyday (not really all the difficult to start with I found out lol). Ed was probably the final straw to flip me from just dabbling with "meatless meals," I'm healthier, happier, and have a clear conscience when it comes to my consumer choices. I used to have roughly bi-weekly headaches, and I don't know if going vegan helped this or not, but I haven't had one for over six weeks now.
Every time I've been suffering in my life; physically, or mentally, I've known that it'll be only temporary. And that kind of makes you go through it with hope, that you'll be better one day. But, it never ends for the animals, does it? They spend an entire life in suffering, and don't even know what it means to be free; by will, from pain, or mental trauma. When stories of imprisoned people come up, the entire human world comes up with it's hands in protest at the horror. But, when it comes to animals, the justifications keep coming, all according to personal conveniences.
I mostly agree with you, although for many types of human suffering, it isn't temporary. My mother didn't believe me when I said something was wrong with me and I needed a doctor, and for years I just got worse because people under 18 can't consent to medical care. I ended up almost dying because it turned out I had Crohn's disease and it had progressed to a dangerous degree due to being untreated for a decade. One of the worst things about it was that child protective services were investigating my mom but they ultimately did nothing. I guess for me it was temporary but it I only just barely escaped it becoming permanent. Child rights are something that sorely needs attention. Meanwhile in regards to other things that aren't temporary, sadly police brutality is still an issue and that isn't age dependent either. As well as anti-trans violence and other human rights issues. Tldr: I very much agree that for animals, their abuse isn't temporary, but sadly many human rights issues also aren't temporary. I personally think it's important to fight for multiple causes for this reason.
What is so horrifying is if a person can do this to a poor defenceless animal, that doesn't even put up a fight. then what could they do to a human, its a frightening world we live in. I just hope the world wakes up to these horrors and is discusted .
Last I checked cows can defend themselves, go to a plain and find a cow pacing around (even if it belong to a farm) and now try to run from it, it can stomp on you and hit you with it's head and horns, just like a bull. Only their horns are generally shorter.
It's to be expected that dairy farmers would deny any of these LEGAL things go on in their farms. They all "love" their animals up until it's time to push and prod them onto the truck that takes them to their "respectful and lovingly humane" slaughter.
Yeah, doesn't make sense. The fundamental idea of the dairy industry is to keep breeding cows, so they can take the dairy. Logically this means there are a lot of calves born, approx 5 calves per dairy cow. If you say 50% are male, that's still 2,5 cows offspring, who will be exploited to have another 5 cows and so on. What do people think? Dairy farmers more than double the herd yearly? Just this alone tells you that they are killing cows left, right and center.
The word "humane" always gets me. As if it's some anthropocentric compassion, when in actual fact, it's used to justify the most horrendous of acts and thereby the opposite of what it claims to mean.
Bloxeh Math may not be a dairy farmer's or their supporters' strongest subject.... unless they're counting up all the money they're making off of their cow slaves.
nicbongo Much of animal agriculture propaganda is Orwellian by design, even down to the "healthy" aspects of milk, eggs & meat. It's all so bad you have to completely lie about it.
Also, if the farm has been in the family for generations, there's the potential loss of the farm itself, not just a way of making a living. If you can't make enough to pay the taxes on the land, the government will sell it out from under you. I can empathize with that potential loss of family continuity with place.
I think in another Video he mentioned that in some countries (i think it was e.g. canada but pls Check yourself) it is a Job that is given to Refugees from war zones (Like syria) which makes the whole industry even more horrific. The animals suffer and those who are told to torture them are forced to do it or else they and their families are send back into a warzone...broken system. I think a Lot of people that are doing that Jobs get mentally broken by it too and should Change the way they earn money....and If they get pleasure from it they should definitly quit. For those that have gotten in this Jobs in a fucked Up way and cant quit that easily ( which is, i want to Point Out, still a minority) i feel so sorry too. Exploitarion at the highest Level putting traumaticed animals and humans in a never ending hell. The most important thing is for consumers to NOT buy it! Kill those jobs so nobody has to do it.
Hey just wanted to check in and say real quick, you and your message made me go vegan four months ago :) although I've gotten an annoying amount of hate, it's been very rewarding and I'm now getting into living more environmentally friendly too. Thank you for everything you do!
Thanks for everything you do, Ed. When I see the inside of dairy production, it makes me sick. Then I remember that the world is changing and how people like you help so much in bringing about that change. Much love, from me and the animals!
Starbucks make a fantastic vegan mac and cheese; the other day I ordered it and as I was sat eating near the order desk, I was overjoyed to hear so many vegan orders coming through... vegan wrap, vegan salad, soy-soy-soy drinks... was brilliant!
@@RedPandaGames. I personally cannot trust places that sell both, where there could be mix ups. (Well that's not true, there's 2 pizza places I trust, maybe it's large chains that I don't trust?) Anyway, I'm lucky and there's multiple vegan restaurants where I live.
I just discovered awesome vegan marshmallows (Dandies). As far as I'm concerned, as long as vegan marshmallows exist for hot cocoa, and vegan pizza and cheese exists (Daiya), those who are not vegan have 0 excuse for being cruel to animals by raising and eating them, unless there is literally no other option (alone on a deserted island). If you are in a culture with trucks and grocery stores, there is no excuse.
I've been sharing your videos on Facebook as an invitation to chat on matters of veganism. Oftentimes they're met with simple "reactions" or ill-considered one-line statements which, when appropriately responded to, get me blocked. It's their loss, really, for being so closed off. However, the previous Dismantle Dairy video actually received a decent conversation throughout the day - from a former dairy farmer. I've been working on reaching out more and having these discussions, so to see it slowly coming to fruition is amazing. Thank you again for all you do!
@@silvercarter7500 i suggest you actually watch what the video is about because I think you’re looking at this from the wrong point of view. The idea that Vegans hate meat eaters is false. It’s not vegans vs meat eaters lol. Vegans simply don’t like how the animal agriculture industry harms and exploits animals for the sake of profit. I’m not offended that you eat steak or drink milk. But it says a lot about you choosing to continue to consume these products knowing how much they damage the environment and how much animal suffering has to occur in order to produce these products.
Ed thank you for doing everything you do. I couldn’t do it. The purpose you serve is a weight very few can handle. I’ll be vegan for life, but activism I know would push me over the edge. You always stay so calm and collected and I really admire that strength.
It is AMAZING how the livestock industry lies to itself..... The livestock industry - which breed, fatten and slaughter ONE BILLION animals a year in the UK alone - is a ruthless, brutal, pitiless business. The fact that so many farmers don't recognise it as such just goes to show the Wilful Blindness within the livestock industry; and of course the public, who are very much party to this industry. For the omnivore HAS to believe, NEEDS to believe, that all is well down on the farm. That is the pact/conspiracy between livestock farmer and consumer. I was on a phone-in discussing the horrors of the dairy industry when a beef farmer also got on. She was denying anything bad ever happened. I said 'so none of your cattle are hung by their back leg and have their throats cut?' She ACTUALLY said: 'I don't approve of halal slaughter either'. I said 'No, ALL cattle have their throats cut'. She refused point blank to believe that, even though she claimed to actually be with her cattle when they went to the abattoir! THAT is how Wilfully Blind the industry is.
My wife got so angry when I tried to show her the campaign video. I thought it was the end of our marriage. She told me not to emulate this f***ing guy when I made some arguments about how this is something we can actually have some control over in a world of overwhelming problems. She is otherwise the sweetest girl in the world. This stuff makes people CRAZY. I understand how people don't want to look at disturbing things and they respond with anger at the person trying to show them. I respond, to some degree, in the same way when people tell me about disturbing things in the news or otherwise (and I have no control over those things). I never felt anger at vegan activists but I would certainly avoid them and became vegan for health reasons. Only then was I willing to look at the ethical side. I came for the health but I am staying for the animals :-) (notwithstanding my LDL going from high to perfect). It's like this part of my life which I knew deep down was wrong is now gone and I feel so much better. Oh and I love tempeh! Any new vegans struggling with fibre: this is whole food protein you can actually digest!
hmm, i would think a sweet girl wouldn't get angry at you for attempting to raise the level of compassion in your shared life together. if i had had a partner share this stuff with me back when I ate animals I would have been grateful to him. i hope she comes around and appreciates what you're attempting to do for her.
What Ed said is the truth. I was raised on a small dairy farm and yes, the "rebellious" cows were physically abused. If you think those are isolated incidents, think again...
Great response Ed! I got a chance to visit a small family dairy farm, and seeing the calves chained in solitary confinement hutches was haunting. This industry is utterly indefensible.
When I share about the dairy industry, people look the other way. They don't want to hear or it takes for ever for the reality to sink in. Frustrating on how people try to snick out of the inconvenient truth.
Thanks to your videos I’m learning all I can to go vegan, already started being vegetarian because I’m a teen and live with my parents so after a few weeks I hope to be vegan but I’m trying my best to not eat animal products. And learning more about which products are vegan.
Well said , I really enjoyed your video , thank you for sharing , I’m so glad I’m vegan now I really feel sorry for these poor animals what they go through , it breaks my heart , I’m glad you are the voice for these innocent animals I think nobody deserves to die like that after all they are living creatures , what a horrible way to die , I cried when I watched dominion Now when I go to the shop and see the meat in the fridge it brings back horrid knowing what they went through , this is why I love animals more than people .. thank you Keep up the good work , you are a beautiful person , hopefully everybody will be vegan one day for the sake of the animals, I don’t think they want to die , of course not , they have every right to live just like us humans Thank you I said my peace ✌️
We shared the video with our family and they were SOOO ANGRY at the farmers 🙄 but then I told them THOSE FARMERS ARE NOT TO BLAME THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ARE TO BLAME!! EVERYTIME SOMEONE PAYS FOR THIS PRODUCT THEY ARE PUTTING THOSE POOR COWS IN THAT POSITION AND FOR WHAT?? A PIECE OF CHEESE??!! REALLY GUYS ARE PEOPLE THAT COLDHEARTED??😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
Christine f -- same here. I was a vegetarian for years, primarily for the health benefits, with fewer animal deaths and less cruelty being great bonuses. But then I saw some videos on the surprising amount of cruelty and death in the egg and dairy industries and went vegan on the ethical argument, with a little extra health benefit being a bonus.
This is so true. Farmers try to portray themselves as the victims when they are the ones exploiting animals. Maybe we should question our culture and our traditions. Life is always more important than financial wealth. The truth hurts because it's horrible. A simple change in our lifes can have such a great impact in animals lifes.
'Not all farmers do this'. Don't do what? Separate baby cows from their mothers? Inseminating females with sperm again and again? It is abhorrent to hear these denials. I think they are convulsions of a zombie industry. Thank you for this important work, and I donate to you so you can go on.
It's strange how the response is essentially "it wasn't me mom". Instead of "wow that's terrible let's improve our industry". These must be really simple people we are dealing with.
The way that some of these people are behaving towards the campaign is insane to me. Unfortunately, I get to hear these things from my family all the time as both my parents grew up on dairy farms in Norway and my extended family continues to run them. Ever since I went vegan over 3 years ago, I've tried to get them to understand and empathize with their animals with no luck as they all think their practices are ethical. Its even more surprising since dairy consumption in Norway has decreased significantly and the majority of farmers rely on subsidies. As for my family, they run these farms as hobbies and have a main source of income elsewhere, making their actions even more inexcusable. I think that a lot of this has to do with familial relations and passing on traditions. As a child, I wanted to take over the family farm and I saw that as an honor, however growing up in a modernized world with social media to interact with people and gain information on the effects of these practices has completely changed my mind. I guess the point of this comment is to thank you for being a part of enlightening me on this subject and pulling me away from the destructive actions of my family that I could have easily and readily followed.
You are an incredible and rare person. To have your own mind and strength of self belief not to just follow your family which would be the easy choice, the choice all farmers make, take the trade handed down to them rather than finding a trade of their own. So much respect for you.
I'm with you! I grew up on a farm and my brother in law is a dairy farmer...it's hard...we have been so indoctrinated, so grateful to people like Ed for sharing the truth.
Reading through the comments I find it amazing how many trolls come here and are so worried about the health of vegans...sort of heart warming dont you think? And Ed's videos aren't even about the health aspects of veganism. What's up with that?
@Treasure Detector humans are carnivores so we can't digest pills and and plants. So how do we even get b12 and other nutrients that way? Watch epitome of malnourishment series, I'm right
@@holm4960 be honest. Anti-vegans aren't concerned with the well-being of vegans, you can tell by the filthy hatred most of their comments are filled with. They are only interested only protecting their selfish gluttonous habits, and easily distort facts to do so.
@@SylverSantika no i am interested in helping people health, because i know that if you only eat meat, and raw meat and fish like steak tartar and salmon, you can easily live past 100 years
@@holm4960 right, nevermind all the science and basic common sense which says a high-meat diet greatly lowers your chance at a long life. All the anti-vegan pro-carnivore propaganda is dumb as hell - and the people promoting it tend to have really shtty narcissistic characters, from what I have seen. They dishonestly promote the few vegans with health issues or who gave up on it, or pick on the very thin people and dishonestly promote them as representative of vegans in general, or show pictures of people in bad lighting dishonestly (or stupidly) portraying them as being in bad health, or promote a few overhyped media stories of child neglect and unfairly blame it on veganism ignoring all the healthy vegan kids and unhealthy neglected meat eating kids etc. I have found the anti-vegan meathead crowd to be some of the lamest most cowardly pathetic lying backwards fools on the earth.
Clark Smith You realize that most grazing land isn’t particularly fertile soil. Generally, crop production is more efficient than livestock farming on a yield per acre basis. So if a rancher has a ton of land for cattle, it’s likely because he’s not able to grow much in that area. The crops/livestock a farmer produces is determined more by soil quality, weather conditions, and available technology than by a personal choice. That’s why you see more livestock where you’ve got a shorter growing season (Wisconsin/Minnesota) or where there isn’t much rain (the Southwest) and more crop production in the Southeast and Plains.
@@elijahculper5522 Hemp grows anywhere, its a weed, ( herbs) as long as it is organic hemp and not some GMO artificial seed it will stick and grow almost everywhere.
@@elijahculper5522 the fields of soy and corn for animal feed beg to differ. I got retrained when copper got "nationalized ", coal miners are doing it now and soon auto engine workers. It happens as things improve.
Thank you so much for your testimony, Ed. I had seen many such videos before, but your recent video so clearly depicting all that is standard practice has moved me more forcibly against dairy. Both me and my teenage son are vegans and I’m working on my husband to go the same route. It’s surprising how anesthetized we’ve all been - really brainwashed - it’s troubling to say the least.
They're missing the point as always, it's not about the cruelty, it's about the unnecessary ethical implications within the industry. They exist regardless of how extreme the abuse is.
I’m relieved the industry of dying is finally dying...wish I knew facts sooner and that does make me feel uncomfortable but I’ll work on that. It can’t b any worse than being attacked by omni/carni ppl accusing me of singlehandedly destroying a nation of farmers. Or all the other bs finger pointing most of u all go thru haha.
I’ll have to disagree, I follow the stock market and see the number of trad meat n dairy companies hemorrhage $ like Dean who just went bankrupt and the biggest meat producer Tyson is hanging on by a thread only thru their new plant based meat. Over all dairy in US dropped 7% in 2018 alone n meat dropped 15% in a decade. As for China, they will reduce meat consumption by 50%. Germany n UK’s numbers r dropping the fastest. Some say dairy will b gone in 10 yrs so I’m not sure where u sourced your info?
Southy that may true, however it’s only been recently that customers have been offered an alternative. I should see how many alt burgers r sold a day...I’m curious since the introductory items sell out the first day or two. Apparently, 95% of vegan burger buyers in restaurants r not vegan
Southy call whatever u like. Why would u have inside knowledge of Tyson’s current and future financial concerns? I get $ to analyze lol. Big Meat has enough $ to silence and sue Oprah and most meat producers have been reeling ever since the World Health Org declared processed meat and red meat a Group 1n 2A carcinogen. That’s bad btw.
The fact that these farmers are reacting and emotionally stirred is a positive sign that all the activism efforts are working. Every action is not in vain. 😊 Put-downs and insults lacking in logical, constructive rebuttals are indeed signs of vulnerability and insecurity. This is exactly when we have to keep pushing forward and not back down on our convictions and fighting for it. While losing a job can be a scary thing, that does not warrant torturing and exploiting other beings. What is more important - a human's job or the fundamental rights and freedom of countless innocent beings? I'd choose the latter in a split second.
I tried emulating Ed Socratic method and it’s so hard to keep people focused... everyone wants to argue over every point i try to make. It gets frustrating... I can’t even remember how I became vegan what the magic words were... sometimes I think it was me just being honest and open enough to change. Some people just aren’t ready for it/don’t care/just want to argue.
This weekend we're having our monthly "Vegmart" in Moscow. I'm going there tomorrow. We're going to get some falafels with my friend, and I'm buying the best vegan 'milk' chocolate (with almond and pine nut milk). It's gorgeous, tasty and healthy.
👍Hi Ed, you have "awaken" as what Buddhism preached. When a human being have found one' true self, you will only believe in truths and the truths are defined as values which is eternal meaning it will exists forever. As fallacies they are impermanent meaning it will be "born" and "died" just like human lives! You have found the eternal value of "abstaining from cruelty to all beings" and this value (the truth) now "live" in you and it's eternal. For the dairy farmers they were born and taught about the dairy trade for livelihood without realizing about what cruelty is all about. I read a butcher in Perth who ran into a Buddhist temple telling the abbot of the temple he wants to be a vegetarian after a cow he is supposed to "butcher" stared at him with running tears. He "melted" he found loving kindness! As for dairy farmers to be able to reach out to them we must find a solution about their livelihood. Once that solution is found, it will help them to think about changing so help them to "realize" that there are always solutions to other trades. With the vast lands the possessed, veggie, fruit, farming etc which requires little land can be a solution. I thinking you and many other animals lovers will be more successful and will be able to make in roads faster! Good luck and keep up with the good works and always "don't stop thinking about tomorrow" as in the song by Fleetwood Mac! Have a good day and be happy.
Ed, this was brilliant and sincerely so are you. Your mind is razor-sharp and your analysis and comments spot on. I can't wait to attend one of your speeches Switzerland. Thanks for helping us to keep out of the general confusion.
@moths from neptune especially a healthy (omnivore diet) mother's breast milk and if you don't have that then baby formula, which is approved by doctors, especially paediatricians.
@@ivywinter1948 what nonsense. Veganism is healthy for all forms of life. One anecdote about a family who were vegan and whose child dies means nearly nothing.
I hate it that my friends and family refuse to watch videos like this. They say things like „i don‘t want to see that“ or „I could never look at this kind of cruelty“ How can you prefer to live in a illusionary world, knowing that it is one
They never even acknowledge that there is a problem, or that it's cruel. They say "it wasn't me" so that mommy won't get mad at them lol Some of then even leave comments saying that Joey got the names of the equipment wrong - because yeah that's the issue, no the horrible violence......
I have relatives in the "industry". The thing is that they're so heavily invested financially that it's nearly impossible to stop. Dairy farming is going down, and the resale value of these businesses is really low. In most cases not even enough for early repayment of loans. Bankruptcy is looming around the corner every day and without state subsidies, this industry isn't even possible anymore. It's a tough life and they should stop, but they can't without being ruined, losing their home etc... Understandably, some of them react fiercely to campaigns to stop dairy. I'm not saying this is an excuse to continue the cruelty, but I think there are just facts that need to be dealt with so that farmers can stop and not lose everything.
Ed is so fabulous because he rightly calls out the dairy industry AND he gives the dairy farmer a plan B, to diversify,to change into something better.
Yes, he talks alot like so many 'activists'. They talk, they never do. You'll never see him actually assisting a farmer into a different industry, no he'll just demand it should happen and go on his merry way.
@@tkps @TKPS: it's the diary farmers choice. He can continue in a losing proposition or change his business. In the US, diary can't support itself because consumers don't want to buy cows milk anymore so they need millions of tax payer dollars to continue their failing business. No one owes them this way of life. Period. The cruelty is to both animal and to people. Diary is linked to diabetes and multiple sclerosis. It does NOT do a body good.
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Since recording this video, we have launched into phase two of #dismantledairy, with our new investigation breaking in The Independent. Please share the article and investigation as much as you possibly can. Cows were found to be violently kicked, punched and sexually abused at a dairy farm owned by the Deputy President of the National Farmers' Union, Guy Smith. Workers at the Essex farm, owned by a company of which Guy Smith is director, are seen in the video kicking, punching and hitting dairy cows with sticks. Some of the most disturbing footage shows one worker touching two cows in intimate areas on two different occasions. The worker appears to be moving his hand up and down in a way that would suggest masturbation. The footage was so horrific that The Independent couldn't show all of it, but you can see the full investigation on our website below.
SHARE: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cow-sexual-abuse-violence-dairy-farm-punch-kick-hit-essex-nfu-a9215306.html
FULL INVESTIGATION: www.surgeactivism.org/dismantledairynfu
pin this so people can see it ❤️
You're doing the world a favor bro! 💕 #GoVegan 🌿
How about making some videos more like this from Australia th-cam.com/video/cOmdkN6MOwU/w-d-xo.html Or like shark who fights animal Cruelty th-cam.com/users/SHARKonlineorg Instead of these click bait shock videos. Maybe a little bigger of a production to show how a waste of water and food production form the cattle industry. not to mention the cruelty, try to make some better videos.
@Wōden is ūre Ealdras what do you mean?
@Wōden is ūre Ealdras Where is your source on that?
If your industry is rooted in horror, you're going to need a new industry.
Industry of Nature.
No more Human Terraforming ,
Leave the world in a better shape than when you arrived . Civilization destroy animals habitat. Way of Seeing.
Dam youre right. Im leaving tesco asap.
Working down the cooked meats isle today, putting out the chickens. Couldnt help but say out loud "come get yer dead birds!" Made a couple of customers laugh. Not sure the management would consider it professional though.
Anyone got a job on a vegan street food stall in the south east of england? Ill work for minimum wage and my references are superb.
Or do i sell my shares and start my own 🤔
I want to hear our politicians talking about how they will close down intensive farms and re-skill farmers into stuff like renewable energy... but no politician is willing to address the agriculture problem
@@bellywood7688 The problem I don't see Ed address is that the vegan lifestyle is also responsible for the deaths of millions of animals as well (not to mention that there is scientific evidence of even plants being able to feel, just because they are plants do not mean they aren't alive, and ironically , a lot of vegans mock the idea of plants being abused.)
in other words, Ed is only addressing part of the issue, the whole food industry needs to be transformed; and we need to be realistic, unless we learn how to absorb light energy from the sun, we are unable to live without the consumption of another life form to survive. the idea is to cause as minimum harm to other life forms as possible.
@@spicymang0o you need a central nervous system to feel pain, which plants don't. Force a dog into a fire and listen to it cry in pain. Do the same with a carrot and see what happens. And yes, many small animals are killed in the cultivation of crops, but we breed and kill 60 billion animals each year who are fed on the large majority of these crops. If we stop breeding these animals and only grow what we need for human consumption (and that of the animals in our care), most of these small creatures will live.
When I started to tell my relatives about dairy they just went "shut up! Shut up! I dont wan to hear that!". They know, that they are doing wrong, but they just dont want to change anything in their behaviour.
So true. As long as someone else is doing the dirty work, people will do all they can to avoid thinking about their responsibility. Consumers pay for it, so ultimately they are responsible.
Yes. Alas!
Cognitive dissonance FTW. And the same I heard from coworkers, except they had to phrase it more civil, but the message was exactly that.
Because they've heard it a thousand times before
@@andylucas6962
No they just want to live in denial.
I am in my 60s and I am converting to veganism for the sake of the environment and so for my children's and grandchildren's future. To be honest I don't feel like I am missing out on anything. Vegan food is delicious, healthy and way cheaper. Win, win win. All of this is noteworthy as I live in a dairying region in Australia. As an aside, the dairying industry in Queensland in Northern Australia is being decimated by our long and severe drought which has been linked to climate change. Ironic don't you think! You are an amazing spokesperson for these important issues and I applaud and support everything you do.
Thank you for thinking ahead for your children and grand children's future. Your amazing! I wish the older generation could take that extra step to ensure our future. Much love.
Hello fellow Queenslander! :)
angelaisacliche Hello fellow Australian 🤗. I am actually from Victoria but I love to keep up with national news. 🙂
You do realise most of your food has to be transported right? So good for the environment. And don’t forget about the millions of animals killed in agriculture for your fruit and veg. Also check the ingredients on fake meat and dairy replacements, absolutely toxic. If you want a sustainable future eat local grass fed meat to ensure a natural cycle alongside proper nutrition.
Issy You do realise don't you that the earth's climate is getting dangerously close to a tipping point after which we will all be seriously affected by runaway climate change. I don't want to be too alarmists here but climate change is our generation's WW3. Seriously we will all have to work together to solve this existential threat. Meat and dairy production is a significant contributor to climate change and changing our diet is one way that every one of us can contribute. We are talking about far greater issues here than "toxic meat substitutes" or any of the other arguments that you present. I do understand that this is a confronting issue and will challenge long held assumptions. We must adapt as we have adapted to other challenges in our history. By the way a whole foods, plant based diet is one of the healthiest diet on the planet.
I'm a mother of three and still nursing our little one.
Was asking my Non vegan boyfriend how he would feel if threre would come an alien popularity to earth an would take away our baby after birth and milk me till i'm not profitable anymore, and than kill me..
Unfortunatly we have three girls, so they would have the same future..
He's a vegan now
Absolutely great 🐾🙏✨
Thanks! Another example I can use when talking to dairy consumers. More punchy than "not your mother, not your milk."
Pathetic
Exactly 💚💚
Absolute bullshit.
That last man said that it is 'his milk'. Ummm, no, it's not your milk. It's the cows milk, it belongs to her and we steal it
I’m glad we steal it, it’s tasty
Meh
@@llamatreee bet ur mum's is being stolen rn
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"They're big, they don't feel it."
Then you wouldn't need to do it. Duh. If cows didn't feel the pain, then hitting them wouldn't have any effect.
Great point!
They're big but they feel the lightest taps on the back, the same way you feel a fly landing on your leg.
My wife and I became vegetarian 2 years ago and have very recently adopted a vegan lifestyle. I can’t tell you how nice a feeling it is to be no longer contributing to these vile industries. Amazing work ed! True hero
Bleeping all the swears and still hearing them. I can get behind that
Reading this comment before made it so much better when he read that .
😂😂😂
I fucking loved that!! :D
@@thisnotthat6326 I beeeep fucking beeep loved that!!
ahaaa I heard it all
Shared w/ my sister and she got mad at me because she doesn’t like seeing that stuff. If only I could make her understand that if she doesn’t like it she shouldn’t support it. I am happy to say that my family doesn’t buy cow milk by the gallon anymore. Now they use vanilla almond milk, unsweetened almond milk for cooking, and chocolate cashew milk. They are still far from vegan but it’s something.
Well it's the truth. I'd say show her more.
Everyday Kendall the small steps matter! All you you can do is encourage them and speak out in response. Sometimes I stay silent when I know it’s wasted breath for the moment, but overall you are living as an example of coexisting for a more just world! I hope they come around soon! Maybe offer to make them brunch or dinner sometime? (:
baby steps are still steps. keep being the example, bake or cook them some lovely vegan food, it will win them over eventually.
I respond to my fellows in this situation, if you can’t look at it and it makes you upset or mad, then there’s something wrong right? We can live on a plant-based diet. Education is key!
Going dairy free was something I did without the intention of being vegan, but now I'm vegan. Small steps matter, so don't give up hope! I know everyone is different, but their minds can change.
“What do you think it looks like?” Is the best way to address someone who says “not all farms”. You are truly a saint Ed, this video was wonderful.
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It's frustrating living in a world with all this selfishness and injustice, veganism has 180'ed the way i look at the world
Nickzz completely agree...Clare Mann calls it “Vystopia”
Next look into flat earth.. that will change your world view
Fastfunpoker Jamie I’m sorry to disappoint you but earth is not flat. Surprisingly our planet is the same shape as the other ones neighboring us, a globe shape
@@fastfunpokerjamie124 ancient humans were able to prove the Earth is in fact spherical. You can even do your own tests and measurements yourself. It is very easy and something I've done in several science classes. This is basic science.
@@fastfunpokerjamie124 yeah it will change your world view then turn you into an idiot but then again if you actually come to believe it maybe you were just born an idiot
I can confirm that the excuse “they’re big animals, they don’t even feel it” in regard to whipping or hitting is a sad, weak attempt to relieve guilty conscious. Why? Because I used to ride horses and compete in rodeos and I used to say this, so did everyone else; parents of kids competing, other competitors, horse trainers, you name it. I’m no longer part of that toxicity I grew up in. When you know better, you do better. Anyone can live vegan!!!
I want to add something else to this. When you see workers hitting and yelling at animals, keep in mind that people aren’t born wanting to do this. People do this when they’re being abused by humans and feel powerless. They are capable of stopping and becoming vegan. They are victims in the system in their own way. I used to be yelled at and bullied for “letting him have his way” if I wasn’t hitting/whipping my horse. There’s no excuse for what the workers do and for what I did growing up, but I just want to bring this perspective because industries that are cruel to animals are cruel to people as well.
Thanks for sharing. I wasn't sure how to view riding horses until I saw a video of a vegan girl justify her horse riding. The more she spoke, the more I became convinced I'm against it.
Alex Whittle it is so true!!
Lloyd Christmas of course! Do you happen to know where I can find the video? I’d be interested in checking it out. Yeah, I see horse riding completely different now. Because horses don’t willingly ask to be ridden, definitely not when they’re young and untrained, they wanna be left alone. They call it “breaking a horse” for a reason. It’s basically breaking their spirit so that they’re obedient. And it’s an egotistical sport.
Thanks for that. So true that people are not born wanting to harm others. It is their oppression which causes it.
"they're big so they don't feel it"
yeah, carnist are dumb as hell, actually saying shit like that and thinking it makes sense
I just met Ed in Cologne and it was one of the best days in my life. He is just as nice as he seems in his videos. Thanks for everything you do, Ed ❤️ PS hope you liked the candy 😊
And thank you so much for still making videos while touring Germany! 🌱😘
After his talk in Cologne he also took a lot of time to talk to everyone!!
Do you know if he is coming to Austria/Vienna? I can't find any info on his tour.
@@nicholask.5185 hey Nicholas, I would love to help you, but I don't have any information about that
@@evas.1688 Okay thanks. I'll keep an eye out.
Hey :) weißt du zufällig, ob oder wo er bestimmte standorte veröffentlicht, an denen wir ihn treffen bzw zuhören können?
Liebe grüße
@@LauraSchecki hey, bei Instagram hält er über seine Deutschlandtour auf dem Laufenden :) Allerdings sehr kurzfristig
I would honestly like to know what dairy farmers have to say to those of us who have lost loved ones because they believed the propaganda that dairy is necessary for our health. It has been proven over and over again that it causes heart disease and cancer among other health issues! I for one will rejoice when dairy farming reaches it's long over due end. Justifying the horrific abuse of innocent sentient beings while causing disease and death for humans is downright criminal and can no longer exist within an educated society. It's well past time to own up to it and move onto some other way to make a living!
Lol
Do you think I passed cancer on to my kids ? My wife couldn’t produce milk so we had to use a bottle. I feel rotten now
@@unknownstuntman4166 We have all been lied to about many things for a very very long time.
@@unknownstuntman4166 No you didn't give them cancer but you did expose them to heavy metals, growth hormones, cancer causing amino acids, lactose of another mammal, puss, blood, and feces. So if they get checked out and don't have cancer then you didn't give them cancer. You just gave them things that are known scientifically to cause cancer. Hope that helps.
Laurie Lamonday
They’d probably say the same thing an automobile factory worker would say to someone whose loved one died in a car crash. “I’m sorry for your loss, but it’s not really my fault.”
"Not all dairy farmers!"
*literally every dairy farmer *
Except for the ones that say that their morally abhorrent practices don’t actually hurt the animal in any way🙄
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Thumper I think that the point Ed makes is that the universal practices (meaning on every dairy farm in the world) of dairy farming are abhorrent. The calf MUST be taken away from the mom at a very early age so that the farmers can get the milk. ALL dairy cows are sent to slaughter for their flesh. ALL dairy farms forcibly impregnate their cows.
tt also I’m sorry, but I’m really not sure what this proves??
EVERY FARMER PERIOD
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." ~ George Orwell
Hi Ed,
I'm new to your content as I only cut meat, dairy and eggs from my life two weeks ago. It's early days obviously, but I feel so much better in terms of my health and frankly, my conscience, already. I love your videos and your stance on animals rights. Keep up the good work. Thank you. 🙂
Welcome to the not so dark dark side!
@@BlackBackLioness Thank you. No going back now. 🙂 I only wish I'd gone vegan sooner.
@Empress Thank you so much. ❤️
Good on you pal. You'll here that a lot from other Vegans, that they wish they would have gone vegan sooner, including myself. Although when I did go vegan almost 4 years ago I was kind of sucked into this thing of telling everybody how much better and healthier I was feeling, when in actual fact, I felt and still do feel exactly the same. #govegan
mat mul bro I feel the same as you. I was health-conscious and felt pretty good even before I went vegan and that didn’t change much when I went vegan. How I feel usually depends on what I eat throughout the day. But my conscience DEFINITELY felt better as soon as I went vegan.
My step-dad said it put him off his yogurt. If you replace “dairy farmer”with “slave owner/trader” it shows how ridiculous the non-vegan comments are.
You can ethically raise and own dairy cows... do these well fed and looked after cows look like slaves? Didn't think so. They can't work for money so they trade their commodities for protection and food. They seem fine with it to me
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Well tell ya step dad that's not nice ...reducing blacks to cattle...no wonder it's a mostly white thing ...especially with comments like that...
@@helloeveryonelove5289 🤣🤣
@@taelor56 Even if that is real and not an advertisement. What do you think happens to the poor cows. Please do not tell me they get retired. This is basic knowledge. Please use your brain from time to time.
I'm sure the descendants of the American slave trade would be thrilled knowing you've compared them to cattle. You are an embarrassment to humanity.
If we had a torture chamber where one day a week, the victims were given cookies and massages. Would that positive aspect even be relevant to the evaluation if the other six days were torture?
I was able to give up dairy right away! Don’t see a need for it. Don’t miss it at all.
I was actually in a grocery store the other day and an employee came over and started talking to me while I was getting some vegan cheese and sausage. She brought up that she was vegetarian and wanted to know what I thought of the cheese because dairy was something she just couldn't give up yet.
If it hadn't been for all of the information that I have learned from your videos I never would have had the courage to engage and explain what goes on in this industry! You have helped me be a better communicator! Thank you for making me a better person at explaining myself!😁✌❤⭐
I had posted it to my instagram story and I've had really amazing reactions by friends who were shocked by what they saw. Every single time we spread the word we have the chance to reach someone. If it is just one person, we are still making a difference! Let's spread the word and let's FINALLY dismantle dairy.✌🏽💚
If you think about it deep down it’s about compassion it’s sad that some ppl don’t want to admit the truth because it’s so grim and evil behind the happy advertisement ☮️🌱thankyou ed for another educational video again so much support for you and the campaign ❤️
Please use punctuation next time.
enjoying a nice spaghetti dinner with a beef sauce. Love the taste of the 'dead animals'.
@@xnorgate5894 Please no quotations. You're really eating dead animals if you do so.
XNOR gate vegan troll lmao
Cult, you are the saviours, we are the devil. I think I get it.
Been vegan for two months now and it's easier everyday (not really all the difficult to start with I found out lol). Ed was probably the final straw to flip me from just dabbling with "meatless meals," I'm healthier, happier, and have a clear conscience when it comes to my consumer choices. I used to have roughly bi-weekly headaches, and I don't know if going vegan helped this or not, but I haven't had one for over six weeks now.
I lost my headaches too...3 years ago now. Keep it up! So proud of you.
Every time I've been suffering in my life; physically, or mentally, I've known that it'll be only temporary. And that kind of makes you go through it with hope, that you'll be better one day. But, it never ends for the animals, does it? They spend an entire life in suffering, and don't even know what it means to be free; by will, from pain, or mental trauma. When stories of imprisoned people come up, the entire human world comes up with it's hands in protest at the horror. But, when it comes to animals, the justifications keep coming, all according to personal conveniences.
It will end one day. They'll be slaughtered between a few hours and a few years. Sometimes I don't know which I would rather.
I mostly agree with you, although for many types of human suffering, it isn't temporary. My mother didn't believe me when I said something was wrong with me and I needed a doctor, and for years I just got worse because people under 18 can't consent to medical care. I ended up almost dying because it turned out I had Crohn's disease and it had progressed to a dangerous degree due to being untreated for a decade. One of the worst things about it was that child protective services were investigating my mom but they ultimately did nothing. I guess for me it was temporary but it I only just barely escaped it becoming permanent. Child rights are something that sorely needs attention.
Meanwhile in regards to other things that aren't temporary, sadly police brutality is still an issue and that isn't age dependent either. As well as anti-trans violence and other human rights issues.
Tldr: I very much agree that for animals, their abuse isn't temporary, but sadly many human rights issues also aren't temporary. I personally think it's important to fight for multiple causes for this reason.
Kedar Tembe, I love you
What is so horrifying is if a person can do this to a poor defenceless animal, that doesn't even put up a fight. then what could they do to a human, its a frightening world we live in. I just hope the world wakes up to these horrors and is discusted .
Last I checked cows can defend themselves, go to a plain and find a cow pacing around (even if it belong to a farm) and now try to run from it, it can stomp on you and hit you with it's head and horns, just like a bull. Only their horns are generally shorter.
@@ivywinter1948 well in the videos I have seen on here, the animals look quite placid.
It's to be expected that dairy farmers would deny any of these LEGAL things go on in their farms. They all "love" their animals up until it's time to push and prod them onto the truck that takes them to their "respectful and lovingly humane" slaughter.
Yeah, doesn't make sense. The fundamental idea of the dairy industry is to keep breeding cows, so they can take the dairy. Logically this means there are a lot of calves born, approx 5 calves per dairy cow. If you say 50% are male, that's still 2,5 cows offspring, who will be exploited to have another 5 cows and so on. What do people think? Dairy farmers more than double the herd yearly? Just this alone tells you that they are killing cows left, right and center.
The word "humane" always gets me. As if it's some anthropocentric compassion, when in actual fact, it's used to justify the most horrendous of acts and thereby the opposite of what it claims to mean.
Bloxeh Math may not be a dairy farmer's or their supporters' strongest subject.... unless they're counting up all the money they're making off of their cow slaves.
nicbongo Much of animal agriculture propaganda is Orwellian by design, even down to the "healthy" aspects of milk, eggs & meat. It's all so bad you have to completely lie about it.
electric cattle prods and metal poles are used to hit them . this is an evil industry make no mistake.
Why on earth does anyone want to do a job like that. I think there are other opportunities to make a better living.
Some people don't believe there is more out there then the life that they've been living. :/
Sometimes they have no other choice, sadly, especially if you live in a rural area.
Also, if the farm has been in the family for generations, there's the potential loss of the farm itself, not just a way of making a living. If you can't make enough to pay the taxes on the land, the government will sell it out from under you. I can empathize with that potential loss of family continuity with place.
Brad Hansen change will have to happen sooner rather than later to save the planet for future generations
I think in another Video he mentioned that in some countries (i think it was e.g. canada but pls Check yourself) it is a Job that is given to Refugees from war zones (Like syria) which makes the whole industry even more horrific. The animals suffer and those who are told to torture them are forced to do it or else they and their families are send back into a warzone...broken system. I think a Lot of people that are doing that Jobs get mentally broken by it too and should Change the way they earn money....and If they get pleasure from it they should definitly quit. For those that have gotten in this Jobs in a fucked Up way and cant quit that easily ( which is, i want to Point Out, still a minority) i feel so sorry too. Exploitarion at the highest Level putting traumaticed animals and humans in a never ending hell.
The most important thing is for consumers to NOT buy it! Kill those jobs so nobody has to do it.
Thank you for taking the time to make a video in your busy trip!
Hey just wanted to check in and say real quick, you and your message made me go vegan four months ago :) although I've gotten an annoying amount of hate, it's been very rewarding and I'm now getting into living more environmentally friendly too. Thank you for everything you do!
Hate, annoying? Don’t let it.
We appreciate you so much Ed!! Thank you thank you thank you for everything you do
Thanks for everything you do, Ed. When I see the inside of dairy production, it makes me sick. Then I remember that the world is changing and how people like you help so much in bringing about that change. Much love, from me and the animals!
Watching this as I’m eating vegan Mac and cheese
Im soaking some equal exchange cashews right now for a huge bowl of cheesy locally grown broccoli and organic konjac noodles later ;)
I'm having vegan egg salad!
Starbucks make a fantastic vegan mac and cheese; the other day I ordered it and as I was sat eating near the order desk, I was overjoyed to hear so many vegan orders coming through... vegan wrap, vegan salad, soy-soy-soy drinks... was brilliant!
@@RedPandaGames. I personally cannot trust places that sell both, where there could be mix ups. (Well that's not true, there's 2 pizza places I trust, maybe it's large chains that I don't trust?) Anyway, I'm lucky and there's multiple vegan restaurants where I live.
@@junglejarred6366 sounds good! Can I come over? 😜
I love the way you speak Ed, you’re so wise and intelligent I look up to you dude! So calm and collected. I strive to be as confident as you!
I just discovered awesome vegan marshmallows (Dandies). As far as I'm concerned, as long as vegan marshmallows exist for hot cocoa, and vegan pizza and cheese exists (Daiya), those who are not vegan have 0 excuse for being cruel to animals by raising and eating them, unless there is literally no other option (alone on a deserted island). If you are in a culture with trucks and grocery stores, there is no excuse.
I need to try Dandies
I've been sharing your videos on Facebook as an invitation to chat on matters of veganism. Oftentimes they're met with simple "reactions" or ill-considered one-line statements which, when appropriately responded to, get me blocked. It's their loss, really, for being so closed off. However, the previous Dismantle Dairy video actually received a decent conversation throughout the day - from a former dairy farmer. I've been working on reaching out more and having these discussions, so to see it slowly coming to fruition is amazing. Thank you again for all you do!
Love you Ed ! Calm, Articulate and informed...you are the perfect vegan ambassador. Keep going, attitudes ARE changing!
i’m transitioning to veganism all because of videos like this,so educational and important
I'm having steak and glass of milk 4 times a week because of this comment
I'm glad you're doing it 😀
@@silvercarter7500 yes you can drink milk. It's good for your health. I mean PLANT BASED MILK
@@girishredd7537 that's not milk
@@silvercarter7500 i suggest you actually watch what the video is about because I think you’re looking at this from the wrong point of view. The idea that Vegans hate meat eaters is false. It’s not vegans vs meat eaters lol. Vegans simply don’t like how the animal agriculture industry harms and exploits animals for the sake of profit. I’m not offended that you eat steak or drink milk. But it says a lot about you choosing to continue to consume these products knowing how much they damage the environment and how much animal suffering has to occur in order to produce these products.
Thank you so much for all you do for the animals! 🙌🏻
Why is it so hard for people to comprehend the golden rule?
All I've got for you, Ed is a simple, thank you.
Thank you for speaking up for the victims 👍👍
Ed thank you for doing everything you do. I couldn’t do it. The purpose you serve is a weight very few can handle. I’ll be vegan for life, but activism I know would push me over the edge. You always stay so calm and collected and I really admire that strength.
It is AMAZING how the livestock industry lies to itself..... The livestock industry - which breed, fatten and slaughter ONE BILLION animals a year in the UK alone - is a ruthless, brutal, pitiless business. The fact that so many farmers don't recognise it as such just goes to show the Wilful Blindness within the livestock industry; and of course the public, who are very much party to this industry.
For the omnivore HAS to believe, NEEDS to believe, that all is well down on the farm. That is the pact/conspiracy between livestock farmer and consumer.
I was on a phone-in discussing the horrors of the dairy industry when a beef farmer also got on. She was denying anything bad ever happened. I said 'so none of your cattle are hung by their back leg and have their throats cut?' She ACTUALLY said: 'I don't approve of halal slaughter either'. I said 'No, ALL cattle have their throats cut'. She refused point blank to believe that, even though she claimed to actually be with her cattle when they went to the abattoir! THAT is how Wilfully Blind the industry is.
My wife got so angry when I tried to show her the campaign video. I thought it was the end of our marriage. She told me not to emulate this f***ing guy when I made some arguments about how this is something we can actually have some control over in a world of overwhelming problems. She is otherwise the sweetest girl in the world. This stuff makes people CRAZY.
I understand how people don't want to look at disturbing things and they respond with anger at the person trying to show them. I respond, to some degree, in the same way when people tell me about disturbing things in the news or otherwise (and I have no control over those things). I never felt anger at vegan activists but I would certainly avoid them and became vegan for health reasons. Only then was I willing to look at the ethical side. I came for the health but I am staying for the animals :-) (notwithstanding my LDL going from high to perfect). It's like this part of my life which I knew deep down was wrong is now gone and I feel so much better. Oh and I love tempeh! Any new vegans struggling with fibre: this is whole food protein you can actually digest!
In fact, I think it's time for some now ;-)
Southy god, you're a dick.
She'll get there... She's in defense right now.. Just lead by example. Great job btw!
hmm, i would think a sweet girl wouldn't get angry at you for attempting to raise the level of compassion in your shared life together. if i had had a partner share this stuff with me back when I ate animals I would have been grateful to him. i hope she comes around and appreciates what you're attempting to do for her.
Anger comes before acceptance.
I love him. If only there were more Earthling Ed's. It would change the world. Bless you Ed x
What Ed said is the truth. I was raised on a small dairy farm and yes, the "rebellious" cows were physically abused. If you think those are isolated incidents, think again...
Bringing understanding via words. Well done Ed. I hope more will watch and listen to your words.
Great response Ed! I got a chance to visit a small family dairy farm, and seeing the calves chained in solitary confinement hutches was haunting. This industry is utterly indefensible.
Same experience made me vegan. When you see how nonchalant the exploitation of these animal is, it's like a knock upside the head.
Loving the swearing beeps but hearing the swearing anyway 😂
When I share about the dairy industry, people look the other way. They don't want to hear or it takes for ever for the reality to sink in. Frustrating on how people try to snick out of the inconvenient truth.
Thank you, for everything you do. 🙌
Thanks to your videos I’m learning all I can to go vegan, already started being vegetarian because I’m a teen and live with my parents so after a few weeks I hope to be vegan but I’m trying my best to not eat animal products. And learning more about which products are vegan.
lol at your censoring! I could still hear what was being said. lol ... Good stuff also. You're awesome.
My brother watched game changers, made him cut down on meat and dairy, then i showed him this, dairy is gone, he'll go vegan soon, i know it.
Well said , I really enjoyed your video , thank you for sharing , I’m so glad I’m vegan now
I really feel sorry for these poor animals what they go through , it breaks my heart , I’m glad you are the voice for these innocent animals
I think nobody deserves to die like that after all they are living creatures , what a horrible way to die , I cried when I watched dominion
Now when I go to the shop and see the meat in the fridge it brings back horrid knowing what they went through , this is why I love animals more than people .. thank you
Keep up the good work , you are a beautiful person , hopefully everybody will be vegan one day for the sake of the animals, I don’t think they want to die , of course not , they have every right to live just like us humans
Thank you I said my peace ✌️
We shared the video with our family and they were SOOO ANGRY at the farmers 🙄 but then I told them THOSE FARMERS ARE NOT TO BLAME THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ARE TO BLAME!! EVERYTIME SOMEONE PAYS FOR THIS PRODUCT THEY ARE PUTTING THOSE POOR COWS IN THAT POSITION AND FOR WHAT?? A PIECE OF CHEESE??!! REALLY GUYS ARE PEOPLE THAT COLDHEARTED??😑😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
Oh, but the farmers *are* to blame. It's just that the consumers are the ones funding their cruelty and the only ones who can stop it.
I think they're so used to doing that...that they don't even see the cows as individuals. 🙄but at the end of the day, IT'S THE CONSUMER'S FAULT 😑
Christine f -- same here. I was a vegetarian for years, primarily for the health benefits, with fewer animal deaths and less cruelty being great bonuses. But then I saw some videos on the surprising amount of cruelty and death in the egg and dairy industries and went vegan on the ethical argument, with a little extra health benefit being a bonus.
my husband and I watched what the health and went vegan 3 MINUTES AFTER THE MOVIE ENDED!! AND THEN WE WATCHED EARTHLINGS AND NEVER LOOKED BACK!! ✌
You are one of my favourite vegan activists. Bless you for your devotion!
This is so true. Farmers try to portray themselves as the victims when they are the ones exploiting animals. Maybe we should question our culture and our traditions. Life is always more important than financial wealth. The truth hurts because it's horrible. A simple change in our lifes can have such a great impact in animals lifes.
'Not all farmers do this'. Don't do what? Separate baby cows from their mothers? Inseminating females with sperm again and again? It is abhorrent to hear these denials. I think they are convulsions of a zombie industry. Thank you for this important work, and I donate to you so you can go on.
It's strange how the response is essentially "it wasn't me mom". Instead of "wow that's terrible let's improve our industry".
These must be really simple people we are dealing with.
My vegan brother!
You're doing great work, work that many of us couldn't do and we support you.
The way that some of these people are behaving towards the campaign is insane to me. Unfortunately, I get to hear these things from my family all the time as both my parents grew up on dairy farms in Norway and my extended family continues to run them. Ever since I went vegan over 3 years ago, I've tried to get them to understand and empathize with their animals with no luck as they all think their practices are ethical. Its even more surprising since dairy consumption in Norway has decreased significantly and the majority of farmers rely on subsidies. As for my family, they run these farms as hobbies and have a main source of income elsewhere, making their actions even more inexcusable. I think that a lot of this has to do with familial relations and passing on traditions. As a child, I wanted to take over the family farm and I saw that as an honor, however growing up in a modernized world with social media to interact with people and gain information on the effects of these practices has completely changed my mind.
I guess the point of this comment is to thank you for being a part of enlightening me on this subject and pulling me away from the destructive actions of my family that I could have easily and readily followed.
You are an incredible and rare person. To have your own mind and strength of self belief not to just follow your family which would be the easy choice, the choice all farmers make, take the trade handed down to them rather than finding a trade of their own. So much respect for you.
I'm with you! I grew up on a farm and my brother in law is a dairy farmer...it's hard...we have been so indoctrinated, so grateful to people like Ed for sharing the truth.
@@Tam438 you are amazing and rare people xx
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Reading through the comments I find it amazing how many trolls come here and are so worried about the health of vegans...sort of heart warming dont you think?
And Ed's videos aren't even about the health aspects of veganism. What's up with that?
B12, vitamin A and D, fat and iron. Where do vegans get that from? Of course people are worried
@Treasure Detector humans are carnivores so we can't digest pills and and plants. So how do we even get b12 and other nutrients that way? Watch epitome of malnourishment series, I'm right
@@holm4960 be honest. Anti-vegans aren't concerned with the well-being of vegans, you can tell by the filthy hatred most of their comments are filled with. They are only interested only protecting their selfish gluttonous habits, and easily distort facts to do so.
@@SylverSantika no i am interested in helping people health, because i know that if you only eat meat, and raw meat and fish like steak tartar and salmon, you can easily live past 100 years
@@holm4960 right, nevermind all the science and basic common sense which says a high-meat diet greatly lowers your chance at a long life. All the anti-vegan pro-carnivore propaganda is dumb as hell - and the people promoting it tend to have really shtty narcissistic characters, from what I have seen. They dishonestly promote the few vegans with health issues or who gave up on it, or pick on the very thin people and dishonestly promote them as representative of vegans in general, or show pictures of people in bad lighting dishonestly (or stupidly) portraying them as being in bad health, or promote a few overhyped media stories of child neglect and unfairly blame it on veganism ignoring all the healthy vegan kids and unhealthy neglected meat eating kids etc. I have found the anti-vegan meathead crowd to be some of the lamest most cowardly pathetic lying backwards fools on the earth.
Excellent! It's ironic how their reaction and comments only confirms what you show in the video.
I can see it now
News media: “privileged vegan says “just get a different job” to hard working farming generations”
Well people retrain all the time, you know? I hate the way the media make it sound irrational. What did they think slave traders had to do?
Farmers are converting to hemp. Cleaner source of protein.
Clark Smith
You realize that most grazing land isn’t particularly fertile soil. Generally, crop production is more efficient than livestock farming on a yield per acre basis. So if a rancher has a ton of land for cattle, it’s likely because he’s not able to grow much in that area. The crops/livestock a farmer produces is determined more by soil quality, weather conditions, and available technology than by a personal choice. That’s why you see more livestock where you’ve got a shorter growing season (Wisconsin/Minnesota) or where there isn’t much rain (the Southwest) and more crop production in the Southeast and Plains.
@@elijahculper5522 Hemp grows anywhere, its a weed, ( herbs) as long as it is organic hemp and not some GMO artificial seed it will stick and grow almost everywhere.
@@elijahculper5522 the fields of soy and corn for animal feed beg to differ.
I got retrained when copper got "nationalized ", coal miners are doing it now and soon auto engine workers. It happens as things improve.
What if meat eaters reincarnate as all their animal food before they can move on up? Brahmans dream sorta dictates u have to be everything.
I’d happily pay the price from when I was ignorant and wasn’t vegan; it’s what I deserve. If I have to relive all the lives I damaged then so be it.
Yeah, but that would mean that vegans would also reincarnate as meat eaters and abused animals.
Garety Woodrick if I reincarnate as a cow you have permission to slaughter me and enjoy the tasty meat I give you
@@richiedaly87 i see you're still trolling vegan channels
ASMRyouVEGANyet? Yup triggering snowflake vegans is entertaining
Exactly. If you don't like your work, do something else.
Thank you so much for your testimony, Ed. I had seen many such videos before, but your recent video so clearly depicting all that is standard practice has moved me more forcibly against dairy. Both me and my teenage son are vegans and I’m working on my husband to go the same route. It’s surprising how anesthetized we’ve all been - really brainwashed - it’s troubling to say the least.
They're missing the point as always, it's not about the cruelty, it's about the unnecessary ethical implications within the industry. They exist regardless of how extreme the abuse is.
they don't care they don't want to know.
Their response really shows it's going our way, feels good.
In your dreams yes.
Great responses as always Ed. Thanks. The dairy industry has no valid excuses for their torturous death industry
Moving words and flawless arguments Ed.
Please come back to Hannover, I missed your talk 😭😭😭😭😭
I met him by chance in Ludwigsburg today, and he is such a nice person. So thank you so much for the work you're doing and spreading the message
They know it’s wrong, they just don’t want to give up eating meat. Sad times
I’m relieved the industry of dying is finally dying...wish I knew facts sooner and that does make me feel uncomfortable but I’ll work on that. It can’t b any worse than being attacked by omni/carni ppl accusing me of singlehandedly destroying a nation of farmers. Or all the other bs finger pointing most of u all go thru haha.
I’ll have to disagree, I follow the stock market and see the number of trad meat n dairy companies hemorrhage $ like Dean who just went bankrupt and the biggest meat producer Tyson is hanging on by a thread only thru their new plant based meat. Over all dairy in US dropped 7% in 2018 alone n meat dropped 15% in a decade. As for China, they will reduce meat consumption by 50%. Germany n UK’s numbers r dropping the fastest. Some say dairy will b gone in 10 yrs so I’m not sure where u sourced your info?
Southy that may true, however it’s only been recently that customers have been offered an alternative. I should see how many alt burgers r sold a day...I’m curious since the introductory items sell out the first day or two. Apparently, 95% of vegan burger buyers in restaurants r not vegan
Southy call whatever u like. Why would u have inside knowledge of Tyson’s current and future financial concerns? I get $ to analyze lol. Big Meat has enough $ to silence and sue Oprah and most meat producers have been reeling ever since the World Health Org declared processed meat and red meat a Group 1n 2A carcinogen. That’s bad btw.
The fact that these farmers are reacting and emotionally stirred is a positive sign that all the activism efforts are working. Every action is not in vain. 😊 Put-downs and insults lacking in logical, constructive rebuttals are indeed signs of vulnerability and insecurity. This is exactly when we have to keep pushing forward and not back down on our convictions and fighting for it. While losing a job can be a scary thing, that does not warrant torturing and exploiting other beings. What is more important - a human's job or the fundamental rights and freedom of countless innocent beings? I'd choose the latter in a split second.
I shared the dairy video. Keep up the good work
*Create a Sexier World by......GOING and Living VEGAN*
*Sexy Dance*
Lol absolutely
Actually plant based diet increases sexual performance
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Sexier? I never knew malnourrishment and death was sexy.
im vegan now i been vegan for 2 months now and i love it and i will continue to be vegan
I tried emulating Ed Socratic method and it’s so hard to keep people focused... everyone wants to argue over every point i try to make. It gets frustrating... I can’t even remember how I became vegan what the magic words were... sometimes I think it was me just being honest and open enough to change. Some people just aren’t ready for it/don’t care/just want to argue.
Please farmers, it's time to evolve accordingly; do it for you, for the animals and for the human race.
You’re so good with words, man. So happy you’re speaking up. Hopefully people will listen.
This weekend we're having our monthly "Vegmart" in Moscow. I'm going there tomorrow. We're going to get some falafels with my friend, and I'm buying the best vegan 'milk' chocolate (with almond and pine nut milk). It's gorgeous, tasty and healthy.
A lot of vegetarians are going to make the change since this video. Thank you.
👍Hi Ed, you have "awaken" as what Buddhism preached. When a human being have found one' true self, you will only believe in truths and the truths are defined as values which is eternal meaning it will exists forever. As fallacies they are impermanent meaning it will be "born" and "died" just like human lives! You have found the eternal value of "abstaining from cruelty to all beings" and this value (the truth) now "live" in you and it's eternal. For the dairy farmers they were born and taught about the dairy trade for livelihood without realizing about what cruelty is all about. I read a butcher in Perth who ran into a Buddhist temple telling the abbot of the temple he wants to be a vegetarian after a cow he is supposed to "butcher" stared at him with running tears. He "melted" he found loving kindness! As for dairy farmers to be able to reach out to them we must find a solution about their livelihood. Once that solution is found, it will help them to think about changing so help them to "realize" that there are always solutions to other trades. With the vast lands the possessed, veggie, fruit, farming etc which requires little land can be a solution. I thinking you and many other animals lovers will be more successful and will be able to make in roads faster! Good luck and keep up with the good works and always "don't stop thinking about tomorrow" as in the song by Fleetwood Mac! Have a good day and be happy.
Ed, this was brilliant and sincerely so are you. Your mind is razor-sharp and your analysis and comments spot on. I can't wait to attend one of your speeches Switzerland. Thanks for helping us to keep out of the general confusion.
You are the best Ed. Thank you again for your amazing work.
omg I LOVE YOU
Grow up Vegan!
**sips babies growth formula**
Dies from malnourrishment as many other kids have due to their vegan parents, just like poor and neglected kids
@moths from neptune especially a healthy (omnivore diet) mother's breast milk and if you don't have that then baby formula, which is approved by doctors, especially paediatricians.
@@ivywinter1948 what nonsense. Veganism is healthy for all forms of life. One anecdote about a family who were vegan and whose child dies means nearly nothing.
@@ivywinter1948Many? Really?
I hate it that my friends and family refuse to watch videos like this. They say things like „i don‘t want to see that“ or „I could never look at this kind of cruelty“
How can you prefer to live in a illusionary world, knowing that it is one
They never even acknowledge that there is a problem, or that it's cruel. They say "it wasn't me" so that mommy won't get mad at them lol
Some of then even leave comments saying that Joey got the names of the equipment wrong - because yeah that's the issue, no the horrible violence......
Dairy cannot be defended, it’s just a disgusting industry.
I love your videos. Can’t wait to see the impact of this campaign.
I have relatives in the "industry". The thing is that they're so heavily invested financially that it's nearly impossible to stop. Dairy farming is going down, and the resale value of these businesses is really low. In most cases not even enough for early repayment of loans. Bankruptcy is looming around the corner every day and without state subsidies, this industry isn't even possible anymore. It's a tough life and they should stop, but they can't without being ruined, losing their home etc... Understandably, some of them react fiercely to campaigns to stop dairy. I'm not saying this is an excuse to continue the cruelty, but I think there are just facts that need to be dealt with so that farmers can stop and not lose everything.
Ed is so fabulous because he rightly calls out the dairy industry AND he gives the dairy farmer a plan B, to diversify,to change into something better.
Yes, he talks alot like so many 'activists'. They talk, they never do. You'll never see him actually assisting a farmer into a different industry, no he'll just demand it should happen and go on his merry way.
@@tkps @TKPS: it's the diary farmers choice. He can continue in a losing proposition or change his business. In the US, diary can't support itself because consumers don't want to buy cows milk anymore so they need millions of tax payer dollars to continue their failing business.
No one owes them this way of life. Period. The cruelty is to both animal and to people. Diary is linked to diabetes and multiple sclerosis. It does NOT do a body good.
"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car."
-Harvey Diamond
What?
@@prizma45 :(
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ED!!! ✌✌✌✌