In Australia there has been some media coverage of the Dairy Industry and the mistreatment of the Bobby Calves. (yay!!) But I was looking at the 7pm Project (a news show) forums and there were a lot of people who claimed to be Dairy Farmers and they were saying they needed more support (money) so they could give the cows the humane treatment they deserve. They were also saying they weren't a giant faceless corporation but hard working individuals trying to get through the floods and other problems.
I was thinking though, by being vegan we are obviously not supporting any animal based industries, and encouraging others to do the same... but what about the farmers?
I know a lot of people, especially in Australia, would worry about the future of the farmers if people stopped purchasing these things. I haven't really thought too much about that, I always just thought 'well they can farm plants instead'. But I am sure turning a Dairy farm into a soy bean farm or something would be a giant mission if not impossible, and ridiculously expensive.
I suppose it's not going to be an overnight change, but still, somewhere along the line these farms would have to shut down and what would happen to the people running them? And by taking buisness away from them, we are forcing them to cut costs...
This hasn't made me want to be vegan any less, but it's just something I haven't considered and would like to hear people's thoughts about it
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