{"id":40576,"date":"2019-03-25T08:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T08:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=40576"},"modified":"2019-03-25T09:23:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T09:23:31","slug":"coombe-farm-in-somerset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/coombe-farm-in-somerset\/","title":{"rendered":"An organic farm in Somerset  story from 08\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The odour of sanctity<br \/>\nGoodness and honour<br \/>\nGuiltlessness<br \/>\nCardinal virtues<br \/>\nBeyond<br \/>\nWhat is expected of<br \/>\nDairy farms these days<br \/>\nOrganically certified<br \/>\nNo magic wand<\/p>\n<p>Needed RSPCA assured<br \/>\nWaitrose is buying<br \/>\nWe all can afford<br \/>\nThe organic luxury<br \/>\nFor after all<br \/>\nJustice is done there<br \/>\nIt\u2019s all on the ball<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnimal Equality\u201d<br \/>\nSadly doth tell<br \/>\nA different story<br \/>\nThis one from Hell<br \/>\nIf you happen to be<br \/>\nA calf or a cow<br \/>\nProviding the milk<br \/>\nAnd the calves<br \/>\nThis is  how<\/p>\n<p>A profitable business<br \/>\nRuns naturally<br \/>\nCalves drink the milk<br \/>\nUngulates free<br \/>\nOh no sorry \u201cprimrose\u201d<br \/>\nWe sell it on<br \/>\nTo the wonderful public<br \/>\nWho can\u2019t see the con<\/p>\n<p>Bodily fluids<br \/>\nFrom ungulates are<br \/>\nDesigned for their offspring<br \/>\nThey are their star<br \/>\nBut humans are into the<br \/>\nBalance sheet mob<br \/>\nAnd dairy is wary<br \/>\nThe milk it must rob<\/p>\n<p>Calves that\u2019s the males<br \/>\nAre dispatched right away<br \/>\nKidnapped from mummy<br \/>\nThat\u2019s when they pay<br \/>\nA high price for giving birth<br \/>\nThat\u2019s when they go<br \/>\nTo the great abattoir in the sky<br \/>\nDidn\u2019t you know<\/p>\n<p>Some go to veal<br \/>\nSome go to hell<br \/>\nSome for calves leather<br \/>\nTheir innocence fell<br \/>\nOn the deaf ears of farmers<br \/>\nWho hear the sad cries<br \/>\nThe guileless screams<br \/>\nThat the heart just defies<\/p>\n<p>Organic standards<br \/>\nPrincipals too<br \/>\nRequire uprightness<br \/>\nIn all that we do<br \/>\nThe moral fibre<br \/>\nNeeds to be strong<br \/>\nA sense of honour<br \/>\nIt\u2019s where they belong<\/p>\n<p>But to watch such transgressions<br \/>\nWhen nobody sees<br \/>\nStamping on babies<br \/>\nTheir unconsciousness,  please!<br \/>\nShabby abjectness<br \/>\nTorture and crime<br \/>\nHearing those babies<br \/>\nTime after time<\/p>\n<p>In front of their mothers<br \/>\nThose Heartless brutes, they<br \/>\nClearly are ignorant<br \/>\nFor they display<br \/>\nDiabolical misunderstandings<br \/>\nOf life<br \/>\nSubjecting these mothers<br \/>\nTo terrible strife<\/p>\n<p>All in the name of kindness and care<br \/>\nOf reliability<br \/>\nThat you find there<br \/>\nUnsullied untarnished<br \/>\nDuteous souls<br \/>\nOpen and above board<br \/>\nWith true green controls<\/p>\n<p>My disapproval be sure they have got<br \/>\nThey need reprimanding<br \/>\nNOw on the spot<br \/>\nSacked everyone of them<br \/>\nThrown into jail<br \/>\nAnd the organic standards<br \/>\nThey have to fail<\/p>\n<p>The lack of respect<br \/>\nFor the Animals who<br \/>\nTotal irreverence<br \/>\nWhat can they do<br \/>\nSuffer in silence<br \/>\nBehind closed doors where<br \/>\nAdversity happens<br \/>\nAlong with despair<\/p>\n<p>Utter contempt<br \/>\nFor standards as well<br \/>\nThe snobbishness factor<br \/>\nYes I hear tell<br \/>\nHumiliation of innocent souls<br \/>\nCondemned and despised<br \/>\nBy the lack of controls<\/p>\n<p>The cruelty here<br \/>\nIn all dairy farms<br \/>\nOur lack of pity<br \/>\nYes it all harms<br \/>\nEvery hard working<br \/>\nAll slaving cow<br \/>\nWho works like the clappers<br \/>\nAnd some even now<\/p>\n<p>Are never aware<br \/>\nOf when she is spent<br \/>\nCannot make the milk output<br \/>\nThen where she is sent<br \/>\noff to the slaughterhouse<br \/>\nThroats slit and bled<br \/>\nOut with the rest<br \/>\nScreaming out<br \/>\nTill they\u2019re dead<\/p>\n<p>The dairy industry<br \/>\nNeeds  closing down<br \/>\nThe human abusers<br \/>\nBest take off their crown<br \/>\nWith their cheese and their cream<br \/>\nAnd their yogurts and more<br \/>\nFor all of the cows in the dairy<br \/>\nIt\u2019s war<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rape and it\u2019s kidnap<br \/>\nAnd cruelty too<br \/>\nThen it\u2019s more rape more kidnap<br \/>\nThat\u2019s what they do<br \/>\nAnd if milk levels drop<br \/>\nIt\u2019s off to the place<br \/>\nThe single to hell<br \/>\nYes the greatest disgrace<\/p>\n<p>Sad that the Soil Association is apparently unaware<br \/>\nAnd that Waitrose who normal exacting standards<br \/>\nAppears misplaced and the whole Dairy Industry manages<br \/>\nTo carry on fighting Nature and the whole sorry<br \/>\nUngulate misery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The odour of sanctity Goodness and honour Guiltlessness Cardinal virtues Beyond What is expected of Dairy farms these days Organically certified No magic wand Needed RSPCA assured Waitrose is buying We all can afford The organic luxury For after all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/03\/coombe-farm-in-somerset\/\">Continue reading <span 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