‘Dairy is Scary’ billboards promoting veganism are popping-up (and farmers don’t like it)
We want government to redirect animal agriculture subsidies and financial help to plant-based farming and to help farmers transition to sustainable plant-based agriculture.
CTV ATLANTIC: ‘Billboards promoting the message that ‘Dairy is Scary’ were put up in New Brunswick last week and Tuesday in Nova Scotia. The group behind them says the goal isn’t to insult farmers, but to encourage a vegan lifestyle… The billboards are being put up by the Vegan Education Group.
“Our purpose is to raise awareness about the inherent cruelty and injustice done to dairy cows and their babies so that people can drink their milk,” said Bill Wilson, who’s with the Vegan Education Group in New Brunswick. The billboards are based off a viral video by Erin Janus.
“I designed the video to raise awareness about common, standard practices in the dairy industry,” Janus said. “While that video contains many cases of animal abuse that were found from undercover organizations.”
“We understand we need farmers,” Wilson said. “We want government to redirect animal agriculture subsidies and financial help to plant-based farming and to help farmers transition to sustainable plant-based agriculture”… The owner of Real Fake Meats — a vegan restaurant in Halifax — says the billboards are good advertising for the vegan food industry…
The group behind the ads says it isn’t against farmers… “This type of advertising is a little aggressive for some people, but, I think it puts an important message out there and gets people to understand the truth behind their food,” said Lauren Marshall of Real Fake Meats…
Marshall believes more people will be going vegan in the future. “Once people educate themselves a little bit more about plant-based eating and the future of the world and how much we care about our animals and not just our dogs or our cats, I think we’ll have a little bit better of an understanding,” said Marshall’. SOURCE…
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