Guest Sundancefisher Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk POSTED: 1:48 pm EDT September 23, 2008 UPDATED: 2:44 pm EDT September 23, 2008 WATERBURY, Vt. -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. "PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. PETA officials say a move to human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health. "The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Everyone knows that 'the breast is best,' so Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favor by making the switch to breast milk." Read PETA's letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield September 23, 2008 Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Cofounders Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. Dear Mr. Cohen and Mr. Greenfield, On behalf of PETA and our more than 2 million members and supporters, I'd like to bring your attention to an innovative new idea from Switzerland that would bring a unique twist to Ben and Jerry's. Storchen restaurant is set to unveil a menu that includes soups, stews, and sauces made with at least 75 percent breast milk procured from human donors who are paid in exchange for their milk. If Ben and Jerry's replaced the cow's milk in its ice cream with breast milk, your customers-and cows-would reap the benefits. Using cow's milk for your ice cream is a hazard to your customer's health. Dairy products have been linked to juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer. The late Dr. Benjamin Spock, America's leading authority on child care, spoke out against feeding cow's milk to children, saying it may play a role in anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and in the long term, will set kids up for obesity and heart disease-America's number one cause of death. Animals will also benefit from the switch to breast milk. Like all mammals, cows only produce milk during and after pregnancy, so to be able to constantly milk them, cows are forcefully impregnated every nine months. After several years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, their exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup. And of course, the veal industry could not survive without the dairy industry. Because male calves can't produce milk, dairy farmers take them from their mothers immediately after birth and sell them to veal farms, where they endure 14 to17 weeks of torment chained inside a crate so small that they can't even turn around. The breast is best! Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream? Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Tracy Reiman Executive Vice President Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castuserraticus Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Are they looking for volunteers to help with the harvest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teck71 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 EWWWWW glad they mention the name of the restaurant so if ever in Switzerland I can aviod it. and Obviously they have never been in a dairy farm the Barns are kept extremely clean, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanec Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 pammie is no doubt stepping up to help peta out with this one too?! peta is full of completely certifiable nut jobs, and after the greyhound bus ad fiasco, they are on my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Disgusting. Just the thought of it makes me queezy! True Story: a friend of my wife's family served her own breast milk in coffee to some people they had at their house one time. This family is not very well off.. had some people over for coffee one night and realized they were out of milk/cream.. just happened to be breast feeding during that time and VOILA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Din Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Click here if the movie does not play. don't ask how i found this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbowtrout Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Can someone give Din a prize. WOW now for as long as I will be on this forum I can never top Din on that post I'm at a loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanJuanWorm Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 LoL at the second comment. Bunch of nut jobs breeding more nut jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polegrl Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Watching stuff like that makes my ovaries shrivel up a little more each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrinhurst Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Watching stuff like that makes my ovaries shrivel up a little more each day. Yeah, mine too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherwoman Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Click here if the movie does not play. don't ask how i found this.... Shessh! I thought I would never see anything like that here!!! I wonder if her hubby gets any of it? Sure put a question smile on my face... Thanks for sharing that!... Yes sir.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duanec Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Can someone give Din a prize. WOW now for as long as I will be on this forum I can never top Din on that post I'm at a loss um, wow. future peta recruits, no doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyaleddie Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Holy Crap.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KnottyGirl Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 OMG Din, you've scarred us all for life. I'm guessing the hubby has some kind of freaky breast milk fetish... Sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloom Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I couldn't even finish watching it...I had to keep turning away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnF Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Wow. Just wow. I'm gonna caveat this by saying that I breastfed both my boys and am not an anti-breastfeeding maniac. I'm also a fairly liberal person not prone to prudishness by any means but WTF?! First of all - with regards to the PETA thing I guess they haven't quite figured out that all things cross breast milk including diseases, alcohol, nicotine, medications, etc. Chances of getting tainted milk from a smoking, alcoholic cow with AIDS - pretty slim I think. PETA is beyond insane - I'm gonna have to snopes that original post and see if it's for real - I just can't fathom it - they just can't be that mental. As for that woman - what can be said. She's raising a pair of dysfunctional girls who share her own fixation with her breasts and is promoting an unhealthy attitude and relationship towards something that is a healthy human function - FOR BABIES. I get a little queasy when I even read about women doing it when kids are turning 2, let alone 8! Ick. Ick. Ick. That's all I have to say about that. Good job Din - I think that may qualify as the most memorable post I've read on this board so far. I think I'll have my cereal without milk this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbowtrout Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Damn BBT, like that top one just a teensy bit **ROTFWAGBOW** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnF Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Damn BBT, like that top one just a teensy bit **ROTFWAGBOW** This deserves another post: let's start the guessing on what ROTFWAGBOW means. BBT - you disappoint me - that's something that LE would post. Shame Shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyaleddie Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 that's something that LE would post. Shame Shame! Ouch Again..... Where is the love? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 This deserves another post: let's start the guessing on what ROTFWAGBOW means. What can I say? I got a soft spot for silicone or at least I did until The Great Silicone Scare of the 90's........fibromyalgia my ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherwoman Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 What can I say? I got a soft spot for silicone or at least I did until The Great Silicone Scare of the 90's........fibromyalgia my ass Rolling On The Floor With A Great Breasted Optimistic Woman Hi I think it means.... this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sundancefisher Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 What can I say? I got a soft spot for silicone or at least I did until The Great Silicone Scare of the 90's........fibromyalgia my ass I guess ROTFWAGBOW means "Rolling on the floor while all gas blowing out window" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbowtrout Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Rolling on the floor with a giant bag of weed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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