Dan Barber: A surprising parable of foie gras

http://www.ted.com At the Taste3 conference, chef Dan Barber tells the story of a small farm in Spain that has found a humane way to produce foie gras. Raising his geese in a natural environment, farmer Eduardo Sousa embodies the kind of food production Barber believes in.

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[lesvictor]

Folks, are you collectively knuckleheads? Did you not actually watch this lecture? You are bantering about whether or not there is morality in our meat-eating habits but not getting the real message here, having little to do with liver or animals and everything to do with the fact that we've forgotten more about tending the Earth than science has taught us.

[knottytrevor]

FOIE.

[fern3R]

@browntran they are trying to find a solution where people who enjoy eating meat can do it, but still be human doing eat, I don't see people feeling guilty when the step on an ant, but it's entirely the same as a cow, or even the grass, we are surrounded by living organisms, not moving to avoid harming others wouldn't be the solution, just being conscious about it, how, when, why, where, for whom we do it. and don't do it unless we have to.

[fern3R]

@browntran for me it isn't cruel to kill something to EAT it, for me it relies on how you do it, for example the north american meat industry, how they kill animals for mass production in contrast there is Kobe beef or Kosher meat or butcheries where animals live surrounded by nature with enough space for each one instead of crowded rooms without light and where they eat genetically modified food; also there is gabage in France and natural foie gras in Spain and USA,

[browntran]

"No force-feeding, no factory-like conditions, no cruelty..." Until it comes time to kill the bird and remove the liver, right? If we're going to eat meat let's be honest about the cruelty of slaughtering animals for food "because they're so freakin' delicious." I'm not opposed to eating animals or foie gras, but come on, it's cruel to kill something and eat it.

[theglassintact]

How do I get this naturally raised Foie gras! I want to eat some. I haven't eaten foie gras in years because of how it's produced.

[Naturalyards]

@lesvictor  The ecological movement is not without its hypocrites and reactionaries, who glean their understanding of food from a few sensational books and blogs. It's dangerous.