Dairy farmer donated his cows to a refuge
In England in 2017 Jay and Katja Wilde gave their herd of 73 beef cows to the Hillside Animal Sanctuary and took up vegan organic farming. Short film “73 cows” was based on the real story.
Another diary farmer in Dorset UK donated his cows to a sanctuary and goes vegan. Laurence Candy, a dairy farmer in Dorset decided against butchering his 38 cows in favour of growing plants and sending them to a refuge.
In order to produce plants instead, a former dairy farmer donated his cows to a refuge. In 2019, the 14-hectare Northwood Farm in Dorset, operated by Laurence Candy, changed from a cattle farm to an organic one.
The farmer claims he had to decide whether to five up organic farming or keep on organic but do something different when his organic milk contract expired in 2020 after losing the majority of his diary cows to bovine TB in 2017.
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Instead, he made the decision to switch to cultivating vegetables and donate the 38 cows in his dairy herd to Norfolk’s Hillside Animal Sanctuary. Being the first certified biocyclic accredited farmer in the UK, Mr. Candy runs an organic farm without raising any animals or using any animal products.
Animal agriculture is a major contributor to environmental harm
While many in the farming industry consider animals to be necessary for a variety of onsite processes, such as soil creation, Laurence claims that after conducting significant study, he ha s come to the conclusion that it is feasible to farm without them.
I want to show you can farm sustainably without animals, he told the Dorset Echo. The goal is to show that you can farm effectively in this fashion and that everything makes sense if you understand soil biology.
He said it was awefull to raise animals and then send them to be killed at the age of two, adding that you have to question it when discussing his choice to transfer the cows to a sanctuary to live out their days.
Farmers operate companies, but ultimately, we are all just people, he continues. This was probably the first time i had to wrestle with my conscience. I hd some neat cattle to sell, but i couldn’t.
Now, Laurence raised wheat and oats and he intenDs to plant fava beans inn the fall. Laurence has received a prize in PETA’s first ever Farming Awards as a resulT of quitting animal husbandry.
Laurence Candy is providing a lovely example to follow by relocating his animals to a refuge, according to PETA Head of Vegan Corporate Programs Dawn Carr.
PETA applauds this noble action and urges all farmers to produce plants rathe than rearing animals for food, which causes suffering and violence. According to the organisation, farmers that switch to farming fruits, vegetables, grains, and pulses not only lessen animal suffering but also benefit the environment.
According to PETA, animal agriculture is a major contributor to environmental harm since it consumes a significant quantity of land, food, energy and water and emits a significant amount of greenhouse gases.
Oxford University researchers recently found that , even if all other sources of greenhouse gas emissions were stopped, it would still be existing to satisfy climate goals with existing framing practices.
Source: BBC
