Ngo-2018, u-Leah Garcés, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Mercy For Animals, wethula umbono obalulekile enhlanganweni yakhe: ukusiza abalimi ekuhlukaneni nezolimo zezilwane zezimboni. Lo mbono ufezeke esikhathini esingangonyaka kamuva ngokusungulwa kwe-The Transfarmation Project®, okwaqala umnyakazo osusize abalimi abayisikhombisa ukuthi basuke ekulimeni kwasefemini futhi bagqugquzele abanye abangenakubalwa ukuthi bacabangele izindlela ezifanayo.
Manje u-Garcés ubhala lolu hambo oluguqulayo encwadini yakhe entsha, “Transfarmation: The Movement to Free Us From Factory Farming.” Incwadi idingida ulwazi lwakhe njengommeli wezinhlelo zokudla kanye nomthelela omkhulu wabalimi, abasebenzi, nezilwane ahlangabezane nazo. Ihlola ngokucophelela ukwehluleka osekunesikhathi eside kwezinqubomgomo zokudla nezolimo ngenkathi igqamisa igagasi elivelayo loshintsho eliqhutshwa abalimi abaqavile kanye nemiphakathi elwela ukuthi kube nohlelo lwezolimo olunozwelo noluzinzile .
I-“Transfarmation” iqala ngomhlangano obalulekile ka-Garcés 2014 nomlimi waseNorth Carolina u-Craig Watts. Lokhu kuhlangana okungalindelekile phakathi kwesishoshovu sezilwane kanye nomlimi wezinkukhu wenkontileka kwaphemba inhlansi ye-The Transfarmation Project. Isifiso sabo esihlanganyelwe sohlelo lokudla oluguquliwe oluzuzisa abalimi, indawo ezungezile, kanye nezilwane sabeka isisekelo senhlangano ebumba kabusha ikusasa lokulima.
Ngo-2018 uLeah Garcés, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Mercy For Animals, wethula umbono omkhulu enhlanganweni. Umbono, ukusiza abalimi ukuthi baphume kwezolimo zezimboni, uzofezeka ngokugcwele ngonyaka olandelayo ngokwethulwa kwe- The Transfarmation Project ® . Bekuzosungula uchungechunge lwemicimbi ezosiza abalimi abayisikhombisa ukuthi bashintshe ukulima kwasefekthri futhi kugqugquzele abanye abangamakhulu ukuthi bafinyelele.
Manje uGarcés ushicilela incwadi mayelana nohambo lwakhe njengommeli wezinhlelo zokudla kanye nabalimi, abasebenzi, nezilwane eziwuguqule unomphela umbono wakhe. I-Transfarmation: I-Movement to Free Us from Factory Farming ihlola ukuthi izinqubomgomo zokudla nezolimo zehluleke kanjani emashumini eminyaka futhi inikeza imininingwane ngegagasi loshintsho oluvela esitshalweni esisha sabalimi nemiphakathi eyakha uhlelo lokulima olunozwelo noluzinzile.
I-Transfarmation iqala ngomhlangano ka-Garcés oyingozi ka-2014 nomlimi waseNyakatho Carolina u-Craig Watts , obuzophemba umlilo oyi-The Transfarmation Project. Umhlangano wawungakaze ube khona ngaphambili—izishoshovu zezilwane nabafuyi bezinkukhu ezinkontileka ngokuvamile ababoni ngaso linye. Kodwa bobabili bathola ngokushesha ukuthi banokuningi abafana ngakho kunalokho ababekulindele. Bobabili babelangazelela ushintsho, ngesimiso sokudla esibasiza kangcono abalimi, iplanethi, nezilwane.
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Encwadini, uGarcés ugxile emaqenjini amathathu athinteka kakhulu ezolimo zezilwane zezimboni: abalimi, izilwane kanye nemiphakathi. Isigaba ngasinye sihlola izinkinga zabo nezinto ezifanayo futhi siziqhathanise namaqiniso abandayo esistimu yethu yokudla ehlanganisiwe, yebhizinisi.
Lencwadi ifinyelela umvuthwandaba ngesicelo sokuba ngamunye wethu acabange ngesimiso sokudla esingcono—lapho abalimi benenkululeko khona, lapho izindawo zokugcina izithombo sezithathe indawo yezindawo zokugcina izimpahla ezigcwele izilwane ezivalelwe, nalapho abantu abahlala eduze namapulazi bengajabulela izindawo zabo. Lolu hlelo lokudla lungaba ngokoqobo—futhi lelo themba liwukushaya kwenhliziyo kwe-The Transfarmation Project kanye nencwadi kaGarcés.
“Izikhathi eziningi empilweni, sibona kuphela okusehlukanisayo, ikakhulukazi lapho izinkanuko ziphakeme futhi sizama ukushintsha izinto. Kudwetshwa imigqa yempi. Abamelene nabo baba yizitha. Umehluko usibuyisela emuva. E- Transfarmation , sithola enye indlela. U-Garcés usihambisa ohambweni lomuntu siqu olujulile lokudiliza izithiyo kunokuwisa amakhanda. Yokuthola abangani abasha ezindaweni ezingalindelekile. Ukubonisa ukuthi sonke siyizisulu zesiko 'lenyama eshibhile' eliqhutshwa i-Big Animal Agriculture. Ngokusuka enhliziyweni, ukuqonda, okusekelwe phansi, nokujabula, le ncwadi inikeza ukuphefumula okujulile komoya omusha nokucabanga okusha. U-Garcés usikhombisa ukuthi uma kuziwa ekudleni nasekulimeni, sonke singakhetha kangcono. .”
-UPhilip Lymbery, isikhulu esiphezulu emhlabeni, iCompassion in World Farming, kanye nombhali weFarmageddon: Izindleko Zangempela Zenyama Eshibhile
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