I never used to think about where the food came from that I was selecting from the fridge section of the supermarket.  I never considered what "free-range" eggs meant either - until I rescued my chickens (Doris, Mabel, Thelma & Louise) from a battery farm and found out how intelligent and character-full chickens really are (mine used to love watching "Neighbours" with me and would come upstairs and sit in my in-tray in my office at home!).

Do you ever wonder where this "manna from heaven" comes from that is all so neatly packaged up?

I don't want to lecture, that's not what this site is about, but the below article reproduced courtesy of Hillside Animal Sanctuary says it much better than words. Would you like some alien species - or a species that one-day evolves beyond us - to factory-farm your future generations aka "The Matrix"?  Food for thought...

If you want to find out more about Hillside Animal Sanctuary and the wonderful work they do looking after our relatives in the animal kingdom, click HERE