Farms: Whole Foods' John Mackey on Why He Became a Vegan & Supporting Gary Johnson
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Whole Foods CEO talks 2016 election and his new 365 grocery chain. Subscribe: goo.gl/NqjoWI Read More: https://goo.gl/5hYqE4 "I actually think that a hundred years from now we'll look back on the factory-farm era with the same kind of ethical revulsion that we look back on slavery," says John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market and one of the producers of the new documentary At the Fork. "If I had my way when people finish watching that film, they'd be faced with an ethical dilemma which is: I'm not going to eat meat anymore or I'm only going to eat higher-animal-welfare meat." Mackey's turn toward veganism began over a decade ago when activists protested an annual corporate meeting of Whole Foods. After studying the issue, Mackey gave up eating meat and has worked with Whole Foods' meat suppliers to develop practices that treat livestock animals humanely. Nick Gillespie sat down with Mackey at this year's FreedomFest, the annual gathering of libertarians in Las Vegas, to discuss Mackey's veganism and his new 365 grocery chain, which aims to bring customers high-quality products at lower prices. He also discussed the 2016 election and why he thinks Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are crony capitalists, why he supports Gary Johnson for president, and how the growing regulatory burden on American business is stunting innovation and growth. About 24 minutes. Produced by Alexis Garcia. Camera by Meredith Bragg, Austin Bragg, and Justin Monticello. Music by Podington Bear. Click https://reason.com/reasontv/2016/08/15/john-mackey-on-gary-johnson-regulations for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to receive notification when new material goes live.
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Veganism & Libertarianism <3
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He's a fake libertarian, fake humanitarian - see "Whole Foods goes ROGUE... partners with Monsanto to kill GMO labeling across America and replace with fake labeling deception"http://www.naturalnews.com/054514_Whole_Foods_GMO_labeling_Monsanto_deception.html
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"What is Allepo" -Gary Johnson
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There are no good reasons to become a vegan. Sorry but it isnt healthy and its not good for the environment.
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Let's see the data on this 50% of "Republicans" polled who support a "path to citizenship". Funny then that amnesty is smashed to smithereens every single time it's raised in Congress, even when Democrats have been a majority. The push for a path to citizenship is why Trump is about to be crowned King of America.
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Gary Johnson is anything but a Libertarian (and he's an imbecile to boot).
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Is it a surprise that whole food CEO is voting for the second democrat nominee?
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Life comes from death. Tress, fungus, and plants have displayed remarkable interconnectivity and signaling in response to danger and there's no reason to believe they feel any more pain or suffer more than, say, a chicken. As counter-intuitive as that is, it's true. Sure, there's probably more "ethical" ways to do it, but at the end of the day, it comes down to cost/benefit, and humans just value humans a lot more than other creatures. This is mitigated a bit when individuals are made to feel especially guilty and/or have extra money to burn, but this underlying general trend of humans caring more about humans will always remain - it must, as it's how species survive (they care about themselves more than anything else).
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Gilespie didn't wear his leather jacket for this.
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No more vegan nonsense. It is all un-Reasonable.
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the way animals are held today and sold this cheap is not "solely because of the capitalist system". dairy and meat industry is a major subsidized industry and im claiming, if you wanted to eat meat with the unskewed cost of production, you'd have to pay much much more for a burger these days. i dont understand how he didnt mention that.
in fact market forces would perfectly reduce meat consumption, if production costs would've been measured rightly. taking waste disposal, licensing, etc. into private account and cut their subsidies. factory farming would lose out on that one and small ranchers with high standards and a far better ecological footprint and an measurably better product in the end would be much more competible.
im also astonished, how almost anybody here is still on this 60's propaganda trip, about "meat being the only protein source" bs. which is not only untrue but totally apart from relevance. and which twisted mind still believes it was eating meat, that made humans evolve? come on, really? can't you guys get one thing right?! -
This dude is awesome.... talk about respectful!
And i personally will never give up my meat, nor will i ever step a foot into an overpriced wholefoods.
But i gladly would be friends him, and not serve meat at my house when he came over! -
and now half the country is like "Who is gary johnson, and what is HEB?"
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Eat meat, dont eat meat, eat dog shit for all I care.
None of you should care either.
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Gary Johnson is good for Mackey, because mackey will get richer under mackey, corporate scumbag organizatoins like whole foods will excell in gary johnsons corporate paradise.. LOL go fuck yourself Mackey!
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scratch that, he's a monster who must be stopped, he shouldn't be allowed to go around claiming ot be a vegan.
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He advocates "humane murder" Mackey is a joke to true vegans.
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John mackey is not a Vegan, he might be plant based and pretends to care about animals, but he is not a vegan! He is an appologist for the animal agriculture industry. How many products at Whole foods are vegan? still a huge meat section. Whole foods and mackey shoud just stfu and go away.
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LOL, of course this fake vegan supports that corporate shill, he's a fucking corporate mogel!
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Oh yeah He looks Real Healthy let's follow his philosophy. FTS ! Live your life as Nature/God intended. He can turn a Tiger vegan maybe he's not full of green shit. Our political candidates are what they are but it's your choice by Nature to Fight or Flee so you pick your position.