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PETA Asks Ben & Jerry's to use Human Milk- YUCK!
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by politisite | September 24, 2008 at 09:17 am
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Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products with human breast milk. 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. PETA points out to Cohen and Greenfield that such a move on their part would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health at the same time.
"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."
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (30)
at 09:47 on September 24th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
How on earth are we going to mass-produce breast milk?
at 10:04 on September 24th, 2008
Ah, now I understand how Pamela Anderson fits in.
at 13:22 on September 24th, 2008
Haha - that's quite funny! And quite gross at the same time...
at 10:13 on September 24th, 2008
I like your pic better but I posted this one earlier today
http://www.nowpublic.com/strange/peta-urges-ben-jerrys-use-human-milk
at 11:49 on September 24th, 2008
I am sorry. I missed your coverage. I will add your link to the body of the story
at 14:30 on September 24th, 2008
politisite, crazy strange!
at 14:37 on September 24th, 2008
I wrote PETA and asked them if they're out of their freakin minds?
they wrote back that it was a tongue-n-cheek request of ben and jerry's to publicize animal abuse in diaries.
at 17:16 on September 24th, 2008
I've got nothing against PETA but human milk? Ben & Jerry's ice cream is what I mostly eat for ice cream. I highly doubt this will happen.
at 17:28 on September 24th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Well, that would raise the prize, Human milk does trade at $7.00 a litre today and there is a Woman in France that does make Cheese with Human milk and made quiet a sensation, it sales well and taste good. May raise the cost of cheese substantially though.
at 17:47 on September 24th, 2008
according to PETA's statement,
we shouldn't eat beef, because baby cows need mom and dad
shouldn't drink milk, 'cause it's for baby cow
no eggs, because those eggs are baby chickens!
I think PETA is talking non-sense, we drink cow milk, we eat beef, because we are living under something called the "food chain". is there enough human milk for everyone to drink? I don't think so...
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at 18:18 on September 24th, 2008
I totally agree with sfethan coment
at 18:56 on September 24th, 2008
I could go for a nice butt steak. And a chick leg.
Yes, humans are the only mammals that drink another mammal's milk. We are also the only mammals that invent recipes and cook them on the stove. We are omnivores. We eat nuts and berries and plants, meat and fish, milk and eggs.
PETA used to have a good reputation, used to help protect animals. Now they have become the lunatic fringe. They are a bunch of flakes and nuts.
Hey! Maybe Ben & Jerry can make ice cream out of them!
at 18:58 on September 24th, 2008
What? PETA is nasty. This is wayyyy past the line of caring for animals. This is CRAZY!
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at 20:25 on September 24th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 21:07 on September 24th, 2008
Just ask any PETA... why do we have incizers? I hguess we need that ripping ability for those touch veggies
at 04:23 on September 25th, 2008
They're for dealing with undercooked parsnips. Very difficult.
(I'm an ex-vegetarian: 11 years without eating meat made me a very creative cook, though I eventually went back to eating meat- not everyone's body chemistry responds well to not eating things that blink. Staying healthy and strong without animal protein is really high-maintenance, actually, and barbecuing doesn't smell quite as good)
at 00:28 on September 25th, 2008
I'm a vegetarian and don't agree with the suffering of dairy cows obviously ...
I however feel theres a better solution to this problem, eg. freerange non battery milk
I am all for people donating breast milk, but feel it should go to use in hospitals for premature babies, or to other countries to help feed starving orphans ... not so people in the western world can feel guilt free when eating over priced ice cream.
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at 03:08 on September 25th, 2008
I captured this photo in Cape May New Jersey, I Love this ice cream. However i was under the impression it was made by soy milk
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at 04:14 on September 25th, 2008
I took this Photo in the Supermarket REWE!
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at 08:08 on September 25th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Frankly, though, this should probably go under "strange" as opposed to "health." ;o]
As with others, I would ask "are they joking?" I mean, they must be. That or nuts... There is no industrialized way to procure breast milk in quantity and/or ensure quality / homogeneity standards required for producing a consistent product. Not to mention the risk of diseases that might be passed through mother's milk.
The whole thing sounds ludicrous. They must have something better to do with their time than this!
Regards,
~Michael Gmirkin
at 08:12 on September 25th, 2008
Mchael: Thanks for the good stuff. It is posted in both. PETA said that it was a provocative release with no real desire for fruition. PETA uses many provocative methods to get their point out. Mostly using naked woman.
at 08:52 on September 25th, 2008
Ben and Jerry's ice cream stand it America.
I do not think we should have human milk in our ice cream as it will make it taste odd!!
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at 13:09 on September 25th, 2008
Ben and Jerry's employees hard at work.
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at 18:51 on September 25th, 2008
Decisions decisions. Either way you gain.
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at 19:56 on September 25th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
PETA is a bit too caring for animals now, isn't it?
at 16:27 on September 27th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Peta is getting out of control.
at 17:53 on October 10th, 2008
Peta, is stupid. The say that milk from cows causes outism(however it is spelt) that is the stupidest thing I have heared in my life. They get their resources from a dog crap pile. You are born with outism and you cannot get it from milk, scientist and doctors say milk is good for us, who are you going to believe a doctor or Peta? Stupid peta..
at 12:28 on October 24th, 2008
No, I wouldn't like to taste that ice-cream :)
at 20:15 on October 24th, 2008
politisite, I like this story. It's good stuff. Just friggin nasty, on the other hand there are millions of women who cannot breast feed and babies without the natural defences mothers milk would bring, and PETA wants to use it for ice cream, whatta bunch a Sh*t for brains organization.
at 12:42 on October 25th, 2008
Be nice Barry.