Vegan vs. "What about Farm Workers?"
2,979 views · Published 3 February 2016 · 15:59 · Indexed 26 October 2026
Channel: à-bas-le-ciel · 2016 · Education
If you're vegan you've probably heard the question, "Well, what about the human rights of farm workers?", and the question is --more often than not-- just an excuse for eating meat. But it's still a legitimate question: what about labor conditions on the farms that produce vegetables, fruit and so on? However, it is a false assumption that workers on fruit-farms are in a condition of exploitation equivalent to cows awaiting slaughter, and, "therefore" that you should eliminate strawberries from your diet by the same logic that you would eliminate beef and dairy: http://vegan-mind-tricks.tumblr.com/post/55548055982/picking-strawberries-is-an-honest-living-cutting The documentary film mentioned here is, "China Blue": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478116/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl
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