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Ah, so farmers never can do good. And when they do good, it's an "propaganda picture".

• Fnoord 9y ago
  I gave two plausible options each explaining the picture. I find both of those explanations more plausible than tons of empty cages. YMMV. I never said farmers are 'evil' people. Farmers can do good (and if you read my post well you'd have seen my examples), but we live in a capitalist world where profit is an important factor, if not the most important factor. So we need others to force the farmers to keep checks and balances: consumers, NGOs, and the government. Case in point: the fipronil scandal, where ChickFriend was a cheap solution to a problem, and where the government (NVWA) failed to look into an anonymous tip in november 2016. If they did, we'd have a lot less economic damage as well as less potential health damage. Another example is as I explained how Wakker Dier's campaign stimulated the sales of free range eggs of type 2 and 3 (although first and foremost in fresh eggs; not products containing eggs), and how they managed to reduce the amount of 'plofkip' in grocery store.
  • spiderfarmer 9y ago
    There was no potential health damage. The biggest scandal is how such a small issue was made this big by everyone involved. Read up on it. You can swallow 10.000.000 times as much fipronil as maximally allowed and still walk home from the hospital. Putting the blame on the farmers is wrong too. How on earth could they have known that what the cleaning company used was illegal?