The Dark Confessions of an Ex-Animal Farmer (The Disclosure Podcast - Episode 3)

[@LevelheadedWilliamNatalie]

My father used to work at a slaughterhouse over 10 years ago. He told me that when the meat was going bad/turning brown, they used red food grade paint to paint the meat red to still be able to sell it to the local markets... they have no concern for humans or the animals. My father is very regretful and suffers from depression and anxiety as a result. I couldn't help but shed a few tears listening to this. Wish the ex farmer great mental health. Hope he can recover from the things he seen and experienced. I'm happy he changed his life, he sounds like he'll never go back. Thanks for sharing this.

[@giulioboobzilla]

OmG 😮

[@withgoddess8300]

They do that at the grocery store too.

[@LevelheadedWilliamNatalie]

@@withgoddess8300 Geez. Who knows how old the meat really is by the time it actually gets bought. Sad all around.

[@connerhughes1435]

disgusting on every level, thanks for sharing

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

@@LevelheadedWilliamNatalie well, it's old. Unless it's eaten immediately after the animal is killed, is old. Starts decaying immediately.

[@rikspector]

Ed, I grew up on a farm, My dad raised chickens for there eggs and I raised sheep, chickens and Turkeys for their meat. They were not pets, they were a commodity, our source of income, and for the most part, they were kept well. Yes we "docked" the tails of the sheep and"castrated" the male lambs , both with bands. It was considered hygienic compared to the knives used on huge farm operations. I was young and 4-H and Future Farmers of America were not evil associations I I named my sheep, just as I named our farm cats, but although I never killed any animals I recognized they had personalities Still I knew where they were headed . We quit farming in 1959 and the only thing I grew after that was Flowers and plants for food. I didn't completely stop eating meat,dairy and fish until about 4 years ago I do not believe that having animals or dairy products or fishing will ever entirely end any time soon, but now knowing the massive detrimental effect of the meat industry and at heart always knowing that other animals were deserving of life, I shall never be anything but Vegan. Sincerely, Frederick"RIK" Spector

[@SevenEllen]

That's fantastic Rik. :-) Thanks for sharing that with us.

[@vocalvegan4686]

Thank U Rik for choosing to B a Caretaker of Life. A lot of Ppl don't realize that the animals can be ethically raised but they're usually still sent to the same slaughterhouses to be slaughtered and packaged for sale. The fact is if there wasn't a demand to eat them most of these animals wouldn't have been born, farmed, murdered and then eaten. Love n Blessings Family!!!

[@MrBilld75]

Massive detrimental effect, hahaha, debunked. And using band to castrate Sheep is stupid and more painful than just chopping them off. Your father wasn't a very good Farmer if he did that stupid B.S. Lol, you'll never be anything but Vegan, famous last words till it fails you like it does the VAST majority of people. Because it is an inferior problem riddled high failure eating disorder and humans aren't Herbivores. Your little appeal to emotion arguments and virtue signalling are typically lame Vegan.

[@MrBilld75]

@@vocalvegan4686 stfu, typical Vegan cultist with your little buzzwords like "murder, derp". lmao! So what you're saying is, you're a Vegan extinctionist, like a lot of your cult. Bravo you POS, you are precisely what is wrong with Veganism. Typical misanthropic Vegan, wants everything dead rather than us eating them and would be happy if every non-Vegan were dead.

[@vocalvegan4686]

@@MrBilld75 bill, do stuff like hold yer breath while u wait for me to stfu. Might be the only good thing u decide to do for the planet

[@Debbieanne51]

Thank you to the farmer for his honesty and helping to enlighten the unknowing public.

[@suugaberry6426]

@albert fish lol "fake news". When something doesnt agree with them, " fake", "lie"," they're idiots".

[@suugaberry6426]

@albert fish milk has pus in it. That is a fact. I didnt even listen to the podcast but thats literally what they tell you when you work at a cheese factory. The government likes to call it somatic cell count and it varies how much pus is legal from country to country. Its a result from milking with machines. It gives them blisters and bacteria gives them infections. Their utters get pus and blood-filled. And no, the UK is one of the worst for high standards. Pigs on most farms are knee deep in their own waste. Free range chickens are forcefully fattened to where they can break their legs and cant get to a food source and they die. Or they get heart attacks from being gmo or given steroids so they can be at a slaughterweight when they are still babies. And Ed has been to UK dairy farms and its just as bad as the states.Think of it like this, if its legal to cause even a tiny bit of pain by standard practice, it is NEVER ok. The truth is a lot worse and people still defend it tooth and nail. Society is fucked up for even thinking that is ok. That does not account for the abuses workers inflict onto them. Its just standard industry practice.

[@suugaberry6426]

@albert fish pasturization isnt an extranction process. Its just to kill parasites and kill fecal bacteria. So sanatzied pus really. There 100% is pus and thats not just a fact vegans use to put people of milk! I learned that in agriculture class and my friend who works in a cheese factory told me that there is more pus in cheese than a glass of milk. I'm from WI which is the dairy state of the US. Everyone has a family-owned dairy farm from my town and they have to give them antibiotics for their infections even though they are suppliers of a anti-biotic free company.

[@Debbieanne51]

@albert fish and your response attitude is typical of an omni. My food I cook is far from bland and definitely not anything like horse doo doo. I'm a 60 year old healthy happy vegan 👍 and animal lover ❤

[@Debbieanne51]

@albert fish yep been vegan for years and have just polished off my salted caramel icecream after a delicious lasagne for dinner. And no animals suffered for me to eat 😏

[@moralize]

I think hearing former animal farmers who have been in their situation will definitely influence a lot of current farmers to make the change. Relating to peoples' perspectives and taking them into account while speaking to them is incredibly persuasive

[@torritt]

^THIS^

[@MrBilld75]

Lol, you are delusional, lol. Real Farmers, don't listen to Vegans and their B.S. or what other wussy Farmers did by giving it up. You all seem to live under this delusion that Veganism will be some widespread thing and you will change farming. No. The world will NEVER be Vegan and your diet will never be anything more than it ever has, a fringe diet/eating disorder riddled with numerous problems, inferior and very high failure.

[@MrBilld75]

@Donna E Likewise, your diet is cruel and you're delusional. Eating animal products will continue forever, because your high failure, problem riddled eating disorder will never be a solution and never was. It's an extreme, fringe diet that went mainstream for a few years and is now declining rapidly and will fade back into the fringes of extremism where it belongs. Meat dairy and eggs and fish are a PROPER, species specific diet that is going to be with us for a VERY long time, deal with it, because none of us are stopping, especially for that garbage replacement, lol.

[@wobblybobengland]

@Bill Does Stuff No no, mankind is going to be wiped out by bacteria and virus' that will develop resistances to antibiotics as a result of livestock farming. You are killing the future unnecessarily, Bill does stuff that.

[@MrBilld75]

@@wobblybobengland Lol, nonsense and debunked. And it's not "unnecessarily", Vegan ableist POS, that thinks that everyone can adopt that high failure, problem riddled extremist diet of eating disorders. This is the problem with your cult, absolute epic ignorance, ableism and B.S. Nobody give af about your nonsense anymore and Veganism is in heavy decline. lol. Covid made sure of that, because people know what "real" nutrition is, in reality, when the chips are down. Your weak B.S. diet is a failure, ultimately, proven time and time again. Humans are NOT Herbivores, nor Frugivores and Vegans are dismal failures on science. Covid cut Vegan number clear in half, lol, down 31%. It started tanking 2018, but Covid was the kicker and I for one, am glad. No longer will your cult brainwash anyone into that highly damaging unsustainable eating disorder diet, of epic problems.

[@Jason-Peters]

Well done for telling your story Mark. My upbringing and experiences growing up and working on dairy/beef/sheep farms were very similar. I didn't experience quite as much cruelty, I don't think, but lots of things you said struck a chord. You are right that "doing anything to an animal that doesn't want doing to it is cruel, bullying and mean". All animals deserve to live the life that they would want to live. If they knew better, none of them would choose to be enslaved on a farm.

[@pawel785]

Muuuuuuuch RESPECT for Mark for speaking the truth and for you Ed for everything.

[@josh1duffy]

love u ed, hope your well dude

[@user-qp8tl1if9o]

Same!🌱

[@connerhughes1435]

fantastic, welcome to the cult of compassion :)

[@cynicalidealist11]

Awesome.

[@MrBilld75]

Lol, pretty pathetic that a POS deceiver like Ed could convince your room temp I.Q. so easily with a bunch of appeal to emotion B.S. lol. Gullible.

[@MrBilld75]

@@connerhughes1435 Cult of lies and deceit more like.

[@shannaveganamcinnis-hurd405]

I can identify with Mark. I came from a farming and hunting family. On my dads side, they had pigs, cows, chickens sheep, and even foxes and mink. Moms side was pigs. I am vegan and while my family were kind to animals, but they still killed them.

[@bronyraur-3765]

Sorry, that wasn't kind. Just no.

[@shar7472]

This farmer should talk to Piers Morgan

[@user-qp8tl1if9o]

Sharon Spedding absolutely 💯

[@emcc8598]

The guy has issues and is exploited by vegan propagandists - sad but true

[@MayIPleaseAskYou]

E MCC may I please ask, are You Vegan 🌱 IF not, why not? Thank you 👩🏻‍💻

[@MrBilld75]

@@MayIPleaseAskYou Nobody needs to give you ANY reason why not. There are NUMEROUS reasons people cannot adopt that high failure, problem riddled eating disorder diet of inferiority and nobody is obligated to answer to you. I know why he's not, because he knows everything I do about your lying, uneducated, deceptive cult of brainwashing and lies. And has succinctly nailed it in other threads. He's not Vegan and debunks your B.S. like the rest of us with a brain, who see your cult for what it truly is.

[@juliewake4585]

Indeed. But why would he want to? Who would?

[@RedPillVegan]

Eating Plants doesn’t elicit many “Confessions” from me these days... _feels good man._

[@kevinkonig3892]

@@videotapeses I watched a deer munching on a little bird that has fallen out of the nest.

[@kevinkonig3892]

@The Truth It's not about how much they are giving to others so "giving more than they should" can't be a thing imo. The important thing is/are the reason/reasons why you are giving so much.

[@juliahill3912]

@The Truth But we feed those crops we grow with those "Mexican immigrant laborers" to animals as well don't we? The animals we kill and eat have to eat those plants.

[@doris5301]

Most respect and thanks to Mark for his empathy and for sharing his experiences

[@veganfortheanimals6994]

So much for "Happy Farms" and "Humane Meat".....there is no such thing....and thanks so much to Mark for doing this podcast, it was very powerful, and for going vegan; for those of you who didn't hear the whole thing, he says he's thriving and feeling better than ever while eating a vegan (free from animal products) diet.....

[@oliverml9802]

Just like theirs no such thing as humane euthanasia

[@vocalvegan4686]

I've been vegan for 4 or 5 years and can't even think of going back, 1 of The best decisions that I have ever made, only thing missing in my diet is the cruelty. Love n Blessings Family!!!

[@MrBilld75]

No such thing as cruelty free, Veganism solving anything, or better, or it being an adequate diet for most humans. "Thriving", hahaha, most Vegans do NOT thrive and that is a total lie. We've debunked that B.S. too many times.

[@MrBilld75]

@@vocalvegan4686 Lol, what B.S. and typical of your lack of intelligence. Nobody cares about your anecdotes, fool. Most Vegans DO NOT last beyond a year and the remainder who do, quit within a decade, FACT. Your diet is NOT cruelty free, what a joke, hypocrite liar.

[@MrBilld75]

@@upgoyxtirzruz "derp, if done right", hahaha. Famous last words of people who were on great Vegan diets that STILL failed them. And when someone who did do it right, fails, you all accuse them of "doing it wrong, derp." Cause EVERYONE who has ever failed Veganism, according to your cult, "did it wrong". Lol. Cults hate when people leave.

[@steadylee8899]

Superb Podcast Ed, keep em' coming. This guy has walked the walk and opened his heart, and for that he has my respect. His words carry weight due to his past lifestyle. I appreciate his honesty and although his tales were quite harrowing, it was good to hear it come from someone who has actually lived it. Some will say it's not like that on my farm, but you can't deny this guy was telling the truth. Respect to both of you

[@vegangaze]

Love these podcasts!

[@alexcrowley9239]

You shouldn't

[@vegangaze]

@@alexcrowley9239 Why not?

[@gregbrowning5437]

Me too, so so powerful. At the same time, incredibly sad, though.

[@chloegroves4627]

Omg sometimes I have dairy cause I think oh well but now I’m going completely vegan this is so so bad - massive respect to Mark for getting away from this cruelty

[@pipgarofalo6392]

Thank you Mark for your courage and honesty.

[@kategleave1458]

Favourite part of my week ❤️🌎🌱

[@torritt]

The Ed Winters Show

[@alexcrowley9239]

What vegan Jesus

[@Sammy-ox1my]

My dad use to be a dairy farmer and my mom told me an incident that had happened when she had gone to visit him. (They both eat meat and my lifestyle of growing up on a farm and raising our own meat is what turned me vegan over 3 years ago). Every evening he would ride a four-wheeler around the pastures to check fences and cattle. My mom rode with him once and she saw a cow laying down, groaning and groveling in the distance next to the herd. He told her that the head farmer told him that the cow was very sick, dying and my dad had to drag it out far away from the herd to die.. he had tied it's legs up with rope and hooked her to the back of the four-wheeler and dragged her for close to a mile out. The herd followed and stayed by her side through all the torment and sickness and pain. By the time my mom had seen the cow, it had been a days since he had dragged her out there. Still alive, still in pain and suffering, she was mortified that my dad didn't at least shoot her and put her out of her misery. His excuse was that the shotgun would scare the herd and they would stampede... My childhood was filled with old school country traditions. My dad and grandpa hunted deer, wild rabbits, boar, raccoons; kept beagles and walkers(hunting dogs) in crammed pens and short leads( they were shot if they didn't 'run right' or were too old to breed or hunt in a pack with the others or just happened to get on their nerves one day, if they had too many dogs they would shoot the least favorite and throw them in the woods behind our house; had hogs(fattened up, crammed pens, hung up alive and had their throat slit, drained and their flesh 'dressed'.) The males were castorated young by simply cutting out their testicles as someone would hold them and another cut. Raised a couple cows and goats and they were butchered the same. My grandpa 'loved' rabbits. Bred and sold them. Kill them in mass by hitting them once in the head with a pipe and piling their half-alive bodies on top of one another in a drum. Chickens/turkeys/quails/ginnys and any other foul they wanted to breed or hatch in incubators were killed by either wringing the neck or chopping their heads off and piled high in drums as well. I grew up close with my family, but if it wasn't for my mother preaching that it was the most vile way of treating animals she had ever seen and that she felt remorse for all of the animals that were butchered, I would not have gone vegan. I'm an oddity in my family. They call me their 'rabbit' but still respect me and my decisions to serve me vegan meats and vegetables every Sunday dinner. They are true Baptist Southerners and I am very proud that I have them as my family. If it wasn't without them and their true hypocritical deep compassion towards humans and extreme lack-there of towards animals, I would still be helping with the slaughters. They have no cell phones, no computers and no access to the real truth on health and humanity besides the Bible. I will always love them and disagree with their beliefs. Family is the hardest to change, but I will not stop spreading awareness to others. Thank you Ed for all you do my friend. I'm sorry about the details, but just wanted to share a little of my story here since we were on the topic of farming secrets and I had remembered the incident my mom had told me. Good day all.

[@Sammy-ox1my]

correction* it had been 4 days that the cow had laid out there before my mom had spotted her. No telling how much longer she had to endure before dying.

[@nicebars]

Keep spreading the truth. I appreciate how brave you are and how you are able to think both for yourself and for others (the animals.) This is not how God ever intended for the world to be, maybe tell your family that since they are Baptists.. although they probably won't want to listen. The key is, we are meant to live in Harmony with the Earth, not exploit it and destroy the beings within it.

[@TheVeganFinalBoss]

what happened to the poor cow in the end mate

[@aneetk.v.9561]

Thank you so much 💛

[@ito_tofu5324]

thank you Mark for sharing your way of life in a farm - it is disheartening to hear the brutality and shortcuts farmers use in order to minimize costs and maximize profits. a lot of these farmers are also victims - victims of capitalism. I think the actual slaughtering of animals can definitely cause distress and depression on the people who are doing the actual killing. Ed - you are definitely my hero. hands down the most intelligent, level headed, calm, and logical public speaker for animal rights. I really appreciate all your insights and words of hope for all living beings. And I love all your contents!

[@plantlife751]

Bless this farmer He's gained 'the knowledge'-

[@SunilSathyanarayan]

This is one the most eye opening podcasts I have heard. Thanks alot for speaking up. You will definitely inspire alot of people.

[@3sotericCompassionist1976]

DEFEND ANIMALS ALWAYS AND FOREVER

[@alexcrowley9239]

And eat them

[@3sotericCompassionist1976]

@@alexcrowley9239 thats only for dumb people that support speciesism, oppression, rape, exploitation, murder, racism, dominance, slavery. You definitely fit in that genera 😁

[@ReluctantWarrior]

@@alexcrowley9239 Maybe you could be eaten instead

[@alexcrowley9239]

Yea by vegans

[@ReluctantWarrior]

@@alexcrowley9239 You wish. Luckily vegans aren't dull-minded enough to stoop to your level.

[@rosebw1077]

Thank you

[@nichloasprzano8964]

One night on the dairy farm I was working on. We were running behind schedule. The mother's weren't cooperating this night. And my co-workers were getting frustrating. One of my coworkers got up behind one of the mothers and she kicked at him which pissed him off. He grabed one of the canes and started beating her. Aiming to inflict the most possible damage to her face jabbing the cane into her eyes. As I stood by doing nothing, saying nothing she was beat until she was blind in one eye. Which became infected and fell out before she was sent to the slaughter house....... "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."----Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Every now and then when I see a gallon of milk at the grocery store and remember that beating. And how I did nothing to stop it. "I was paid to beat mothers and take their babies away for 4 years. 3 of those years I wanted to die. VEGAN AF FOR LIFE." -Nick Przano

[@rowanrowanrowan1234]

so awesome of him to share his story :)) and he picked a great podcast to do so on of course

[@lovemelander7948]

THANK YOU BOTH!

[@joywearing2527]

Mark was amazing in this, thankyou to him for sharing the reality of farming in the UK, this podcast was great, I learned so much.

[@gemmam3187]

Excellent Podcast, stating the realities of that world. More people need to hear these facts and stories. Well done to you Ed and also the farmer being interviewed.x

[@aidanpatrick123]

Great Podcast Ed. You are one of the people who inspired me to become an activist. Thank you. I even left my old job to work in a 100% vegan fast food restaurant in Reading called Miami Burger.

[@user-qp8tl1if9o]

aidanpatrick123 👏♥️

[@MrBilld75]

Oh good grief, not another cultist/activist, lol. The worst kind of Vegan.

[@andymarshall996]

Thank you Ed and to the ex-farmer who shared his story...very insightful for anyone who will not watch footage of behind the scenes!

[@3sotericCompassionist1976]

I really appreciate you and your guests, thank you again Ed!

[@ASMRyouVEGANyet]

Sadly, I've done a few of these things. The dehorning with cheese wire is brutal. This stuff is taught in vet tech classes. There's absolutely no mention of vegetarian or vegan. The classes and education system is controlled by BigAg.

[@silkespingies1766]

This material is very powerful. People claiming that the vegan movement is misinformed about animal farming should listen to this.

[@MrBilld75]

They ARE misinformed and we've proven it and debunked them NUMEROUS times. They lie a LOT, proven.

[@villasambabrasil8737]

Thank you Ed and the gentleman speaking,the story about the calf being punched really hurts.

[@NikhitaPrabhudesai]

49:00 brought tears to my eyes. He just wants to pay back. This is how I felt when I turned vegan - so so guilty and horrible for being involved in the suffering of animals.

[@MrBilld75]

LMAO! Then keep your pathetic Vegan self loathing to yourselves and stop projecting it on others like you all typically do. It's highly manipulative and dishonest.

[@Zoobarian]

Just to encourage you to keep going with this podcast idea. I really enjoy it! I learned a lot in terms of communication because of you. Thanks from France 😉

[@LouisGedo]

Create a Better World by......GOING and staying VEGAN

[@3sotericCompassionist1976]

Respect for you breddah

[@iamme7290]

im plant based four years now no meat or dairy but i eat wild honey and bee pollen ,does the vegan community have problems with this .peace love and truth to all .

[@user-lz7oy7st3p]

@@iamme7290 *THE HONEY INDUSTRY EXPLAINED IN 5 MINUTES* kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6e5kKl9e6-UbNU

[@pineapplefriedrice9598]

iamme - [ ] So unfortunately honey is harmful both to the bees exploited for their honey and wild bees! Standard practices in commercial beekeeping for honey include killing off entire hives before winter to reduce costs, artificial insemination, a process where which male bees are crushed and drained of their semen, which is then forcefully inserted into a queen bee, ripping the wings of queen bees to prevent them from flying away and taking all ( barnsleybeekeepers.org.uk/beekeeping_year.html )or most of the honey bees produce, and replacing it with a sugar syrup substitute. Its also important to recognize that bees are very sentient creatures, who experience pain and are much more intelligent than thought with emotional capacity and thought, they also have extremely sophisticated social systems! There are also environmental issues when it comes to the commercial production of honey with commercial honeybees threatening wild bees and other insects vital to our environment ( www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140219133335.htm ) as the species of bee used for honey production (Apis mellifera) are not even close to being endangered and the honey industry only helps increase numbers of these domestic honey bees, not wild bee populations. This is a big problem since these domestic bees they exploit for honey are actually extremely threatening to wild bees populations, wild bees that are better pollinators and are crucial to the environment. ( www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140219133335.htm )Honey making is also an incredibly exhaustive process for bees and taking ANY of their honey is harmful to bees (both those being exploited and wild bees whose populations are being damaged as a result) in fact the substitute given to replace the honey taken from hives may contribute to the development of disease in honeybees because it does not provide the proper nutrition and may produce a toxin under heat that kills the honeybees. ( www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090826110118.htm )Honey bees make exactly enough honey for themselves, and when they make extra it is as storage food for winter periods where bees cannot otherwise find food easily.

[@davidwilliams9386]

@@iamme7290 personally I think you're doing an amazing job and honey isnt vegan of course but you're still making a great effort

[@fleurwalton9359]

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences Mark, it must be really difficult for you to talk about but I know you will make a difference to so many people. Enjoying the podcasts Ed.

[@bigchungus1078]

This is gonna be good, I can feel it

[@shon5960]

Your phone is on vibrate

[@bigchungus1078]

Get Dim With Tori that’s a good one, I actually laughed

[@withusnotforus]

I thank the man who had the courage and bravery to come and talk about these things with you ed 💓 So, so, so insightful, must have been so difficult dealing with the horrors of these industries first hand :( I'm glad the man had the strength to walk away and make a better man of himself 💞🌱

[@SquattersVision]

What a hero this farmer is. Thanks for a great interview ed

[@plantlife751]

Thank you Ed. The truth has no agenda. It just is.

[@fnsn3569]

Plant Life veganism is an agenda

[@MrBilld75]

@@fnsn3569 Yes and a very insidious one at that. Riddled with lies and manipulation, a cult really.

[@AM-tb4fn]

@@MrBilld75 non vegans form a cult not vegans

[@MrBilld75]

@@AM-tb4fn Wrong, Veganism is PROVEN to subscribe to all of the earmarks of a cult. It's a cult. Non-Vegans do not act like that.

[@missjensen1972]

Thx Mark... Thank You for the honesty

[@niranjansinghdangi8397]

I work in a pig slaughte house. He is a complete liar

[@marissagagliardi]

Thank you Ed for all you do. I’ve been vegan for over 21 years and I feel I learn more and more everyday. Video podcast shared! Keep up the great work.

[@donnad7426]

Love you Marc! Thanks for sharing . . . .

[@mattmsantos]

First again. Best Podcast ever

[@alexcrowley9239]

No it's not

[@mattmsantos]

Alex Crowley totally is

[@daisyhannagan-spiteri4124]

Thank you so much to this farmer and to Ed for bringing these things to light, this really moved me. Can't believe I supported this industry for so long

[@andreegabrielsson9667]

It's not about who we were but who we chose to be. Thank you for choosing the path of compassion and for sharing your perspective.

[@rentononian]

thanks Ed,vegan forever x

[@MrBilld75]

Lol, till it fails you like it does the VAST majority of Vegtards.

[@AM-tb4fn]

@@MrBilld75 why are u acting so dumb? or are u really one?

[@MrBilld75]

@@AM-tb4fn And once again, showing how low I.Q. Vegans really are. Bravo, lol.

[@សេរ៉ាហ្វ]

Mark has an impressive personality! I am amazed by the conclusions he has come to, simply by thinking about bis expiriences. Gives me hope, love your Podcast, Ed!

[@randomearthling5214]

Thanks to both of you! 🌏🌱🕊

[@sac1303]

EXCELLENT podcast! Kudos to you, Ed, and KUDOS to this brave and compassionate former farmer. What a brave, and strong person! Thank you, Mark. You have said it all! Farming animals is medieval, brutally cruel, and totally UNNECESSARY.

[@Jade-sf9lg]

this was so well done! the ex farmer (thank you for his honesty) was able to speak and you just directed the conversation. really effective, am recommending it to everyone I know :)

[@Cat-nf9bh]

I'm a vet tech and in school we learned that the elastic band method of castration and tail docking is extremely painful. Although no method is good without pain relief.

[@MrBilld75]

Nonsense, lol. Nobody but amateurs (like Vet techs.) use the stupid elastic band method. That's literally not a thing among experienced Farmers. It's more pain and suffering for many days than just cutting/biting them off. Cut/bite them off they are good to go in minutes and act like nothing happened. Go watch the episode about it, that Dirty Jobs did he just bit them off, lol. Go actually learn some real farming, instead of your book theory, lol.

[@marianagrala5630]

This is a great one, thanks Ed! ❤️❤️

[@michelle66666666]

Thank you so much Mark & Ed

[@TheRoxyJoJo]

.• Massive respect Mark, thankyou so much for speaking out, you rock 💚 eeee & happy 50th 🥳

[@alfredogonzalez8735]

Thanks for being available on iTunes!!!

[@nealwailing3870]

Young Farmers are all about having loads of money. Old farmers never stop going on about how little they have.

[@dansmith6856]

Thanks for the great podcast, Ed! Really appreciate it. 🙏

[@ALBUMOF2008]

Animals r cute but even if they weren’t we shouldn’t hurt them!

[@alexcrowley9239]

But we can still eat them

[@ALBUMOF2008]

Alex Crowley that’s a really intelligent response Alex thank you for your input x

[@ApexRevolution]

@@alexcrowley9239 Explain how you can eat someone without hurting them. You kill animals before you kill them correct? Does killing not hurt someone?

[@MrBilld75]

@@ApexRevolution Stop anthropomorphizing animals by calling them "someone" typical pathetic Vegan deceiver.

[@MrBilld75]

Cute or not they are tasty and superior in nutrition to your eating disorder Vegan diet of failure and numerous problems. Lol. This is as bad as "Pigs are intelligent, derp". So?!

[@heatheradams8975]

Brilliant podcast. Thank you Ed and to Mark. X

[@jenniferjenful]

Thank you so much for sharing and providing insight on this cruel industry.

[@fromeveryting29]

Many farmers pet their animals, name them, talk to them, make sure they are reasonably comfortable and are sad when the animals are taken to slaughter. I think that is what they mean when they say they care. They probably rationalizing that "this is what has to be done". But at the end of the day they are making money off of dominating and taking the life from the most innocent and vulnerable beings on earth. Pure exploitation. Sure, glad many farmers treat their animals with some degree of love and respect, the alternative is worse. But they are still violently exploiting them. Early and horrific deaths for profit.

[@nicebars]

This is what true evil is.. going against nature, using exploitation for fake, illusory "paper" that we give value to.. These industries will crumble over time. Hopefully most of us live long enough to witness it. In the future, I know most people will be vegetarians or vegans, and that lab grown meat will become dominant in the meat sector. The public's mindset will shift in this sector.

[@sounanya3]

Great episode! Would have been cool to hear from him how his life as a vegan has been. Part 2? ^^

[@jennyfernandez895]

This rates as one of the best podcasts I have ever listened to. Absolute respect to this ex-farmer and thank you Ed for producing such powerful content. Now how do we get this aired on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, EVERYWHERE????

[@InspirationParadise]

definitely listen to the whole of this guys- Mark is amazing...! (Just finished listening)

[@globaljobber]

These stories are typical. As a young kid my best friend lived on a dairy farm. They had a dog which had puppies which were not wanted. So into a black bin bag they went, and my friend was told by his dad to get rid of them. So bashed against a wall they were and then buried half alive in the garden. This is what farmers think of animals. I bore witness to the reality that they hide.

[@MrBilld75]

Stop lumping all Farmers together, you deceitful POS.

[@haleytice]

Awesome podcast

[@bgtubber]

Great one, Ed! And bravo to the farmer for having the bravery to speak about this. 🙏

[@tehyzaaa9830]

Vegans4life❤

[@alexcrowley9239]

How about no

[@shon5960]

No matter how many health problems along the way...save the animals.

[@aabracadavra]

@@shon5960 No such thing.

[@shraddhanipurte639]

@@shon5960 well, as if vegans die due to cardiac diseases due to their arteries getting clogged by eating all the innocent animals and their products and non vegans just don't have any of these. Nice. Joke.

[@MrBilld75]

@@shon5960 Lol, well, Vegans certainly have numerous health problems and are pretty stupid.

[@jenerlee]

What a hopeful ending. Happy birthday to Mark! Good podcast. 🌱☮️

[@shellsangel7953]

What an insight, hard to listen to at times, but important to do so for the general public to better understand farming and farmers. Many thanks to this man for sharing this and best of luck to him 🙏

[@kirstenshaw5457]

Amazing podcast. Its great to hear from ex farmers who have become vegan as they speak the truth. Thank you Ed & Mark.

[@stephss]

The terminology is fascinating. I grew up around farmers and hunters, so it doesn't surprise me to hear him still use "it" to identify the individuals. It took me a while, with lots of practice, to use identification that isn't "other" , and acknowledge the cow, her baby, and the individual. I am quite disgusted by the milk testing, but in all honesty, it doesn't surprise me. Thank you, and the ex-harmer's information. It was quite informative.

[@fromeveryting29]

The ammount of hate vegans get is unreal. Who the hell goes out of their way and click on vegan videos to mock someone who wants to good in life? I smell insecurity.. seriously, what do they think they are doing? Helping someone?

[@davidrichards7232]

These stories are breaking my heart. Those animals f*cking died for nothing and continue to do so, and I'm just sitting here on my f*cking computer.

[@CreativeExpression101]

I am so happy and grateful to have found your channel Ed. The amount of information that you have exposed us to is astonishing and even though my family mocks me everyday about being vegan I know that what im doing is right! Thank you!

[@BeldnerFilms]

GREAT PODCAST!!!!

[@publichealth1681]

listened to this today ed, absolutely fascinating, so thrilled you have started a podcast and are getting stories out like this. I had never since going vegan ever heard from an ex farmer in such a detailed way so that was extremely interesting ( and sad) to hear. thanks man , cant wait for the next episode.

[@rosediamond11]

I wish I hadn't heard the boxing story :( Thanks so much for this though very powerful, I hope it spreads far and wide

[@d.rabbitwhite]

Thanks for giving voice to folks with these experiences. I have some background in family animal ag, and in several equine industries. I'm so damned sick of animal ag people telling me that I'm vegan because I'm a naive city or suburb person.

[@debbiedee109]

I've had this recently too - someone telling me I'm uneducated and have no knowledge because I live in a city. Like what does that have to do with the fact that I don't want animals to die???

[@d.rabbitwhite]

@@debbiedee109 true. it makes no difference.

[@DonJeevy]

I watched the whooole ad for you

[@user-qp8tl1if9o]

VEGANEIR same 😂♥️

[@SincerelyShireen]

Oh dear God, this is difficult to listen to. His recount of the "process". 😟

[@yanamclaughlin]

The story about the calf 😭 trying to nuzzle and being punched in the face... I can't, how sickening.

[@pranayuga]

Heavy episode. But thanks to you and Mark for sharing this. 🙏🏻

[@lizhailand943]

New favorite podcast... 😍

[@danse-move]

Keep these up!! Love them.

[@megbotchi98]

dairy industrie is so cruel ... i feel so sorry for all those animals and Im happy to be vegan!

[@vocalvegan4686]

The conditions that these sentient beings are put through is the stuff that we cringe at watching hack n slash horror movies.

[@elonakalagova5660]

Thank you,Ed🙏

[@kcx5817]

Have a heart , go vegan! Thank you to Marc for sharing! Thank you Ed for your consistency

[@MrBilld75]

Nope, lol, never going Vegan. Not going to adopt that high failure, problem riddled eating disorder, you failure on human Physiology and nutrition non-Herbivore.

[@keve1917]

Love you Ed. Legend 💚

[@luciareyesf211]

This video will help people to be aware that farm animals are sentient beings like us and think about looking for other food options, their suffering always was unheard by us...be vegan

[@MrBilld75]

LMAO! Plants are sentient too, proven, but you don't care about acknowledging that or all the billions of creatures that suffer or die for your inferior plant slop high failure, problem riddled eating disorder diet.

[@wobblybobengland]

Why has this got only 31,000 views? That is a problem.

[@niranjansinghdangi8397]

Nobody wants to hear this propoganda. I work in a pig farm. I used to work in a dairy farm too. He is a liar

[@SheDoesnt]

I was plant-based for health reasons, but earthling ed turned me into a vegan

[@MrBilld75]

LMAO! Then you're stupid, because there's nothing healthy about that high failure, inferior, problem riddled eating disorder. It's a health nightmare, proven.

[@peacelovevegankpop]

Me too. I went vegetarian for health reasons but Earthling Ed turn me into a vegan overnight. And I regret that it took me so long...

[@hcat3110]

The ones that go out are probably the token few the farmers have a liking for.

[@markwray9164]

Hi Ed. Great show. I wondered if there was a reason episode two is not on youtube? Thanks.

[@user-qp8tl1if9o]

It’s a podcast

[@priyamusu9237]

Excellent podcast, Ed! Straight from the horse's mouth (as it were) :) Deeply unpleasant industries, inherently cruel, and all for the sake of a few bucks. Let's get these farmer's (who are also victims of the monetary system), to try and transition to farming crops, or organic produce. I know the Vegan Society helps with that already. If this brave man can come out of this cruel trade, no reason why others can't join him? PS I always look forward to your podcast! Peace x