Michigan Governor Supports Anti-Meat Day
Posted: March 16, 2010
Make room for Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm on the funny farm because she must be crazy!
The governor of a state that has a nearly $2.5 billion livestock industry has to be insane to officially ask people not to eat meat – even for a day. Yet that is just what Gov. Granholm has done, jumping on board with the radical vegan groups behind Meatout Day and proclaiming March 20 – National Ag Day, no less – as Michigan Meatout Day. You can call that a direct slap in the face to Michigan’s 21,845 dairy, beef, pork and poultry producers – and the 17,000 corn and soybean growers who help to feed them.
National Meatout Day is sponsored annually by FARM (Farm Animal Rights Movement) and In Defense of Animals (IDA) and backed by other groups like PETA and Mercy for Animals. The Great American Meatout claims to be the “world’s largest and oldest annual grassroots diet education campaign” – which has to be true because it is probably the ONLY one. It is especially galling that this activist campaign chose what has traditionally been a day to celebrate the contributions of American farmers and ranchers to advocate cutting a significant portion of what they produce out of our diets. Their goal with Meatout Day is to encourage people to “kick the meat habit (at least for a day) and explore a wholesome, nonviolent diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.” There is nothing wrong with fruits and vegetables and whole grains, but calling them “wholesome and non-violent” makes the obvious implication that meat is unwholesome and violent.
The animal rights wackos are free to do whatever they want to promote their kind of lifestyle – but state and federal government officials have no business doing so. Granholm concludes her resolution thus: “In observance of this day, I encourage the residents of this state to choose not to eat meat. Eating a healthy diet can be fun. Explore the different recipes that can be created by using fresh ingredients and by having a sense of adventure.” Her entire proclamation goes on the assumption that eating meat is bad for you and should not be part of a “healthy” diet. This is not just crazy, it is totally wrong and every one who is involved in agriculture in the state of Michigan should be protesting this proclamation.
Victor Miller Said,
March 16, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
This just goes along with what I witnessed at the “Concentration in Agriculture Hearing” in Ankeny Iowa. The future these folks have does not have production agriculture in it. Not sure what they will eat but it will not be produced by us. We ABSOLUTELY have to become proactive in this debate or the future that these people and the current administration have will not include commercial agriculture.
Vic
larry Said,
March 17, 2010 @ 1:27 am
Check out this video those wackos made about meat production : http://meat.org
DonEWG Said,
March 17, 2010 @ 11:25 am
Cindy — If as you say “state and federal government officials have no business doing so.” then that would apply to them promoting a meat eating lifestyle too?
Cindy Said,
March 17, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
Don –
Absolutely. The gov’s office is trying to hide behind saying they get so many of these requests for proclamations that it’s no big deal. It is a big deal. I am quite sure that if Michigan Right to Life requested a proclamation for Michigan Celebrate Life Day that it would be rejected. We are not talking about a policy issue here – a proclamation by the governor’s office amounts to an endorsement. That should not happen.
Natalie Said,
March 17, 2010 @ 12:48 pm
Another attack of the food police. Wish they would stop telling us what to eat, especially when it’s a component of a healthy diet.
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Bystrom Said,
March 17, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
Let the Governor and her Peeps have her day. If you guys were consistent you’d be protesting the pope for first friday meat outs and 4 fridays in a row of no of no meat.
I raise cattle, on grass and sell them direct to the consumer, and have’em cut at a local locker.
I have no fear of these people…why should you?
Cindy Said,
March 18, 2010 @ 7:23 am
Bystrom –
The pope and the governor of an agricultural state are apples and oranges. We are talking about a proclamation supporting an agenda that would, if they had their way, totally eliminate animal agriculture – including your grass-fed beef cattle. You still have to kill them and that is “violent.”
If you are Catholic you should know the reasoning behind meatless Fridays during Lent. It is a form of identification with the suffering of Christ and has NO connection at all with a vegetarian or vegan diet.
Agriculture in general has good reason to fear these people. With the support of government they could make raising food as we know it today very difficult, if not impossible. You should be concerned as well.