Exporting Organic Calves for Veal

"The knackerman is an integral part of dairy farming on both conventional and organic farms.

He slaughters thousands of perfectly healthy one-day old male calves because the industry doesn't deem these milk breeds good enough for beef.

"Organic calves or non organic calves it doesn't matter, if the farmer doesn't have the ability to rear the calves himself then we put them down." - Tony Holdsworth, Duke of Beaufort's Hunt

The practice is accepted in non-organic dairy herds, but does it fit in with the organic creed with its higher standards of animal welfare? The Soil Association, the leading body on organic foods, thinks not."

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After becoming a vegetarian not too long ago, stories like this have continued to make me sick.