alene

President @ Legal Impact for Chickens
1094 karmaJoined Working (6-15 years)Emeryville, CA, USA
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Bio

Hi! I run Legal Impact for Chickens (LIC).

How others can help me

📈🐥❤️ Do you invest in stocks? Ever done mission hedging? LIC needs your help!

LIC is looking for someone who (already) owns stock in a meat or egg company. 

Even a fraction of a share would work. Learn more: legalimpactforchickens.org/investors

Why? As partial owners of corporations, shareholders have some power to protect the corporation’s interests. For example, when an investigation revealed mistreatment of Costco’s birds, two shareholders stepped into Costco’s shoes and sued Costco’s executives for making the company violate state animal neglect laws.

Note: This could arguably be considered nonprofit attorney advertising. To clarify, though, we represent our clients for FREE. From, Legal Impact for Chickens, 2108 N Street, # 5239, Sacramento CA 95816-5712. 📈🐥❤️ 

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Oh, got it! I am so sorry. I'm American and have a very American-centric worldview. I was thinking of organic as referring to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Organic certification. I therefore feel like I pretty much totally missed what you actually meant by your post. I'm sorry! 🇪🇺

This is an interesting and important post. 

I don't know the answer to the question you pose about whether, on average, animals used for organic food production have net positive lives. I'm thinking there's probably a lot of variation based on animal species, what product the animal is being used for, and how well-run the organic operation is. All that makes it harder for me to try to compute an average in my brain. 

But I have a question and a thought.

The question: I'm wondering why you chose to explore organic in this post, as opposed to other food labels that are more exclusively focused on animal welfare. Organic seems to me like it introduces some distracting elements. Because my understanding is that a lot of the organic requirements are aimed at protecting consumer health, the environment, and naturalness. But there are other food labels that are more exclusively aimed at protecting animal welfare, like the various tiers of Global Animal Partnership labels. That said, I'm imagining you may have a specific reason in mind for focusing on organic.

The thought: Legal Impact for Chickens is suing Alexandre Family Farm, which advertises its products as certified organic, for starving cattle; pouring salt into animals’ eyes; dragging disabled cows across concrete; leaving calves to die while isolated in small, filthy, individual hutches; and more. I would not want to be one of those cows. That said, others in the organic farming community, like the Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance and the Regenerative Organic Alliance, have come out to condemn Alexandre. And some of Alexandre's cruel practices explicitly violate organic rules. So it's possible that most animals used for organic agriculture do have net positive lives.

I'm curious to hear other peoples' thoughts. 

Humans kill about 1 trillion animals every year. https://sentientmedia.org/how-many-animals-are-killed-for-food-every-day/#:~:text=Chickens:%20206%20million/day,existed%20is%20just%20117%20billion. Many of them lead harsh, painful lives in factory farms and/or die a brutal death. And this doesn't even touch on wild animals suffering from non-human causes. 

To contrast, there are only 8 billion humans on Earth. 

8 billion is less than 1 trillion.

Thank you for everything you do, James, and for this question!

We advocate for all farmed animals. We just have a special emphasis on chickens.

Thank you so much for posting this!!! You are amazing!!! <3 

Yes! Let's talk, Sanjay!!

To summarize: As partial owners of corporations, shareholders have some power to protect the corporation’s interests. For example, when an investigation revealed mistreatment of Costco’s birds, two shareholders stepped into Costco’s shoes and sued Costco’s executives for making the company violate state animal neglect laws.

Hi Everybody! 

Has anyone here done 'mission hedging' by investing in meat or egg companies?

If so, please reach out to me!! 

Legal Impact for Chickens has a unique opportunity for you to help animals! ❤️

Sincerely,

Alene & LIC 🐥⚖️

PS this post is nonprofit attorney advertising brought to you by Legal Impact for Chickens, 2108 N Street, # 5239, Sacramento CA 95816-5712. We represent our clients for FREE. We aren't trying to sell you anything. We just want your help. Learn more here.

PPS thank you @Lorenzo Buonanno for encouraging me to make a Quick Take!

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