If you missed tonight’s show, you can read about it here and/or here.

The interesting argument is that 95% of, say, eggs, are from factory farms. The pro-factory farmer acted as if it was because people won’t pay more for free range. My attitude is that there are not enough free range farms to supply the demand yet. It should be noted that 95% of the laying hens live in horrendous conditions their entire lives.

I liked Wayne Pacelle’s argument to the “animals are safer in confinement” excuse, when he said that if we were kept in an elevator with 7 other people for our entire lives, we wouldn’t be hit by a car, but that it would compromise our quality of life.

I also liked that various free range farmers were there as a viable witness that farmers can make a living even if they allow their animals room to move, which refuted the pro-confinement farmers who said changes like California’s Proposition 2 would put them out of business.

But mainly, I appreciate that this topic was discussed on Oprah, because she has such a large following. She mentioned that the Californians will be able to vote on Proposition 2 next month, and the rest of us can vote with our pocket books (now).

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