tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post7355043164649097672..comments2024-03-29T02:14:11.459-04:00Comments on HowChow: Great Sage Goes Vegan, Acc'd To Dining@LargeHowChowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14214893123333124514noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-42178253341600508842010-06-16T11:10:03.964-04:002010-06-16T11:10:03.964-04:00Marcia, that's a great anecdote for why people...Marcia, that's a great anecdote for why people should perhaps support small farms in their purchase of dairy products. However, what you buy at the store comes from factory farms, which are not accustomed to the storybook like you have described.<br /><br />Even local farms rely on artificial insemination and, as their main business is dairy, nonproducers (males) are superfluous and Informernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-44233600011976360502010-06-03T19:05:36.834-04:002010-06-03T19:05:36.834-04:00Ivegan, I think someone badly misinformed you abou...Ivegan, I think someone badly misinformed you about diary cows. My grandparents owned a small dairy farm and I spent many long summers there. The cows ate grass and produced milk. That's all there was to it. Those cows were NEVER artificially impregnated. I can guarantee it. Every summer one or two cows had calves the natural way, and that calf either stayed on the farm or was sold to anothergraciesmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13384619914695004525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-58997075310645201692010-06-03T11:26:32.941-04:002010-06-03T11:26:32.941-04:00For a vegan restaurant, there are hardly any tofu ...For a vegan restaurant, there are hardly any tofu entrees. Disappointing. But, really, that's my only complaint about the place. Their food is good.K8teebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12019007159851108221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-80691761441879105782010-06-02T12:13:13.890-04:002010-06-02T12:13:13.890-04:00@ Clayton... Did you know that in order to have mi...@ Clayton... Did you know that in order to have milk the cow needs to be artificially impregnated, than the calf needs to be taken from her after birth and then killed, so the cow can be attached to automatic pipes draining her milk and then nicely packed and sold as smiling cow milk? The stress that the cow goes after losing a baby goes straight to the milk or cheese people eat... not mentioningiveganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232210497262090713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6242128247197293599.post-91503609594829913222010-06-01T19:02:46.941-04:002010-06-01T19:02:46.941-04:00I'm not going to be a big fan of a strictly ve...I'm not going to be a big fan of a strictly vegan menu, but I did have some vegan pancakes at Sage that were as good as any other pancakes.Clayton Kooncehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05075385150588253823noreply@blogger.com