Comments on: Eating it up.

By: Albert Jeff

Albert Jeff — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:04:05 +0000

Wow! Thank you! I always needed to write on my website something like that. Can I take a portion of your post to my website?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:15:12 +0000

Completely true… there is not enough range area in the US to produce all grass fed animals. that is unless we want to take away land from growing grains and other foods that are helping the US feed the world.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:09:26 +0000

I’m an animal science major at University, and while I do agree some people use unethical methods in raising and processing of animals, it is not the norm. As a matter of fact “organic” meat does not come close to ensuring that the animal was raised in a humane way or processed humanely either. All it means is the animal was fed organic foods. The sickliest animals I have seen at slaughterhouses are from the organic farms. Many organic farms can’t give their animals antibiotics or other medicines to treat illness(or they’d lose organic status) and so these animals are raised sickly, and slaughtered in pitiful shape. Myself, we raise our own cows on a small farm for our own consumption so I don’t have to worry about it, but I wouldn’t stress at all about buying organic, one may think they are better and healthier, but that has not been shown in studies. Just buy what you like

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:56:22 +0000

I forgot to mention, Davey that is the sexiest photo of you that I have seen to date. Damn, those legs of yours has got me all hot and bothered!
Sorry couldn’t resist!

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:53:23 +0000

I live in a part of the country (Oklahoma) where you can’t help but to know where your food comes from, be it veggies from farms where they use tons of pesticides and who poisons our rivers and lakes with the use of chicken manure to fertilize their crops or the slaughter houses where your steaks, pork chops and chicken dinners are processed. Hell, I even worked and a chicken processing plant during high school, it’s a lot worse being in one than seeing on on film, my entire hometown smelled of death from the thousands of chickens killed 24 hours a day, that is until you get ‘used to’ the smell.

I guess what I am trying to say is that it is good for people to know where their food comes from and how it gets on their plates. And make up their own minds on the moral aspects of their eating habits. As for myself, I am pretty much jaded to the whole process of what happens to the animals that I eat, although, I would never again have any involvement in the actual process.

So to each their own and no one should or even has the right to judge others on what they decide to eat.

By: garrett

garrett — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:32:17 +0000

I agree! Accept for the pictures part. I come back Bc i like what he has to say, it inspires me to be a better person and think about things I wouldnt otherwise think about. The pictures that he posts in my mind looses him credibility. Especially when he talks about what counts is on the onside and not to judge by the body and being happy with what you look like. it almost borders on hypocritical. But overall I love his stuff!

By: Will

Will — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:19:23 +0000

I support your local market shop, good for you and
good for the planet, I used to shop at the market and
now am starting to grow my own food an preserve for
winter, relaxing and safe. By local, it is good
for all Will

By: Will

Will — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:17:13 +0000

I support your local market shop, good for you and
good for the planet, I used to shop at the market and
now am starting to grow my own food an preserve for
winter, relaxing and safe. Will

By: shane

shane — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:32:03 +0000

i stopped eating meat years ago. as a compassionate person i just couldnt live with myself anymore knowing that i was in any way connected with the suffering of animals. there are plenty of ways to get all the nutrition you need without meat/dairy and in the long run you feel better physically.

By: stunatra

stunatra — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:20:59 +0000

“Organic” food is the biggest crock going today.

By: Phew Ewe

Phew Ewe — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:12:49 +0000

The problem with a vegetarian diet is it causes flatulence, and one to emit noxious odors frequently.

By: Coach Lance in L.A.

Coach Lance in L.A. — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:56:38 +0000

Davey uses his good looks and sexy pics to keep large numbers of people coming to his web site, where he raises issues or comments on things from the sexual to the practical to the spiritual, to initiate dialogue. Often the intelligent and thoughtful comments from the Blog Buddies are the richest part of each day’s posts. He does other work, but the exercise video provide a side income stream. I salute Davey for finding a way to earn a living that benefits others in a variety of positive ways, and harms no one. Good job, Davey. And great comments from the thousands of Blog Buddies — many of whom would not be coming back daily it it weren’t for Davey.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:12 +0000

try reading River Cottage’s Meat Manifesto. I very sane outlook on food production, i find:

http://www.rivercottage.net/FoodMatters/32/MeatandRight.aspx

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:20 +0000

i second that idea, use your platform davey and do something real.

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:56:56 +0000

I think you are getting more shallow, you try to flirt with your audience to get people to buy 3 dollar videos so you do not have to work. It is really a sad affair, you have the chance to talk about gay rights and you instead try to take pics so your audience can look up your shorts while you eat a banana. Walking cliche’

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:30:24 +0000

If you really are aware put your money where your mouth is… stop eating animals, eat vegetables.

By: mark (from Toronto)

mark (from Toronto) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:22:49 +0000

“…as a meat-eater with some level of awareness, I do want the animals I eat to be treated with respect and honor (even during the killing process).”

Do you not see how ‘unaware’, and how ludicrous it is to say that I have respect and honour for this creature and then I will kill you and eat you.

If you take it out of the context of cows (which we prefer to call beef when we want to kill and eat them), or pigs (which we call pork, or ham, or bacon when we want to kill and eat them) it would be no different than someone in another culture taking Chipotle and butchering him for meat. (Pigs, by the way, are the most intelligent animal on a farm. They are smarter than cats and dogs and equal to a school-age child)

http://mammals.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_intelligent_pig

If some there were some life-form that came from the far reaches of the universe to earth, and they were more intelligent than us, would we reason that it is alright for them to kill and eat us for food because they were more intelligent? I don’t think so.

There are plenty of non-animal, non-cruel food sources for the whole world to eat. Your body does not NEED protein from animals to thrive. There are many cultures that have relied solely on plant-based diets for hundreds of years and have, not only survived, but have thrived physically.

Many times we defend our “right” to eat the flesh of animals, not because we believe that it is the most aware path, but rather because we love our taste buds more than we care about being aware and not creating more needless suffering in the universe. (and animals do suffer when they are butchered.)

By: DocTgo5

DocTgo5 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:21:06 +0000

It all boils down to GREED.
Food, Health Care, Manufacturing, Politics, Wall Street…. Slowly but surely it has become a battle of Have & Have-Not’s…and the Have’s are winning. Apathy and indifference have allowed this to happen… and will allow it to continue and worsen. Food and Farming Industries are in it for the profit. Keeping those animals safe & happy prior to slaughter would cost more! … and that equals less profit. \
The madness won’t stop until we are all eating Soylent Green….

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:20 +0000

If you are really interested in where your food comes from and what you can do to change corporate food production, I would suggest you also read:

THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA by Michael Pollan (He was interviewed in Food Inc.)

THE END OF FOOD and THE WAR IN THE COUNTRY, both by Thomas Pawlick.

These books help you re-shape how you think about food, how you shop and how you eat.

By: Lee

Lee — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:17:51 +0000

Davey, you can stay buff and stop eating meat. There is plenty of protein — healthier protein — in the plant kingdom. Walk your talk and try it. You’ll be shocked at how much it advances your personal spiritual evolution.

By: brad

brad — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:15:35 +0000

what are we going to have to do to get you out of those briefs! god your so cute!

By: garrett

garrett — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:43:21 +0000

Thought this was appropriate http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/song-chart-memes-healthiness-food.jpg

By: remo

remo — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:55:43 +0000

when i became aware the only option i could see was to become vegetarian and in that to also only eat organic vegetables wherever possible. i have no judgement of meat eaters and on occasion i miss it but i just could not consider an ethical argument for another being having to suffer and die for my enjoyment. i recently set up a community permaculture garden and i hope to someday find the means to create more. there are various ngo’s doing this already here and so i am hopeful. the only sustainable way forward is to go back to a village lifestyle where people love the earth that feeds them and nurture it accordingly. if we look at the global picture it is indeed scary but we need to remember that there is already enough fear and so the best course forward is to live our own lives with honesty and unconditional love for all

By: garrett

garrett — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:09:34 +0000

The whole point of this is buying foods for an affordable price so you can cook at home, but in order to maintain that price you have to mass produce things like they are doing in the video. To eat all natural and organic costs more, which many people (like myself) cant afford. Income does play a very important role in what people eat. I know Bc it is for me, a college student. Even people who have careers go for the sales and buy whatever product they might have a coupon for. So to simply say income doesnt matter is a flawed statement.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:41:52 +0000

Not so fast there…

You can’t feed a family with $10 at McDonald’s. Menu prices for a number of fast food restaurants have went up substantially in the last 2 years.

The cheapest place to eat for anybody, is at home making the meal yourself.

So by doing that, you will eat better, period regardless of income. This is not a policy issue, it is an issue of what people choose to buy.

All crops are not grown with pesticides, etc. You need to look around a bit. Food production/sources vary. When farming wheat for example, all that is used is anhydrous ammonia and seed wheat. Simple. I can tell you that most likely there is not enough open range to feed the volume of cattle it takes to meet the current demand for beef products. Many cows are sourced from smaller operations and sold to feedlots after they are older. Farmers also feed their cattle grain/feed during winter months. The whole concept of grass-fed beef is not practical.

Anyway, farming takes effort and time and good weather. It is very important to not that not all farming is done the same way. As in practically any business, there are reputable and disreputable producers.