[image-1]There is no shortage of protests these days and given the political climate it’s not particularly shocking, but there’s one scheduled for this weekend that was an udder (pardon the pun) surprise to us. The Mac ‘N Cheese Throwdown, a sold-out fundraiser for W.A.G.S. 4 Kids, is being targeted by a small group of picketers because macaroni and cheese is made with cheese, which is made from cow milk.

“To support the Mac ‘N Cheese Throwdown is to say that cows’ lives do not matter, and that this treatment is tolerable,” protest organizers said in a Facebook post.

While fundraiser participants will remain inside Red Space reveling in a cheesy gorgefest (20 restaurants are offering samples of their take on the staple comfort food for judging), protesters will be outside hoisting signs that say things like “Cow’s Milk is For Baby Cows.”

We’ll let them explain it in their own words, via the Facebook page.

WAGS 4 Kids will be hosting an event featuring a whole afternoon of mac n cheese. While this is a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization, it is wrong to exploit dairy cows in order to help humans in need. We must create a world where no one is harmed in the process of supporting others.

This is an OUTSIDE protest and will take place on the sidewalks next to Red Space. Some signs will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own! Dress for the weather; be prepared to stand for an hour and a half.

Why protest the dairy industry? Male cows are abused in order to collect their semen to artifially impregnate female cows. Once a female gives birth, her babies are shortly taken away from her, because her milk is used for human consumption instead of her own children. Her male babies are kept in crates too small to be able to turn around, and killed at only a few months old. Her female babies will suffer the same fate as her. The process repeats until her body is no longer profitable, and then she is killed for “lower quality meats” such as ground beef. To support the mac n cheese throwdown is to say that cows’ lives do not matter, and that this treatment is tolerable. But we will stand up for them, because there is NO excuse for this abuse.

Welcome to 2017, when even mac and cheese is controversial.

This article appears in Feb 22-28, 2017.

11 replies on “Cow Advocates Will Be Protesting the Mac ‘N Cheese Throwdown on Saturday (Yes, Really)”

  1. This is fake news.
    That facebook event has only one real person on it, do your due diligence before reporting please.

  3. Thank you for reporting on this event, which educates people on the true realities of the dairy industry. Many people still believe that cows “just give milk”, which is what the dairy industry wants you to believe. In reality, everything about it involves cruelty, oppression and exploitation. Even organic or “humane” products cause suffering. Checkout Humanemyth.org
    Whether just one protester or hundreds, the cruelty remains.

  4. Thank you for bringing some press to the evils of the dairy industry!! No animal should be abused just for a human’s taste buds!! It’s not food, it’s violence. Anyone seeing this comment, I urge you to watch Conspiracy on Netflix and Earthlings on YouTube.

  5. I am the organizer of the event and I can verify that this is certainly not “fake news,” as above commenter John says! Speciesism is just as legitimate as any other form of oppression. The idea that cows’ milk is here for us is a result of human supremacy, and we must do everything we can to combat this system. Thank you so much for reporting on this and giving attention to the victims of this event.

  6. Besides the truth that baby bulls are taken from their mothers and sold to the veal industry, which kills them at weeks or months old, and that the baby cows are then raised to be repeatedly mechanically rapped to keep her producing milk… the mothers cows cry for days when their babies are taken from them, creating stress hormones that end up in her milk, which is taken and sold as human food. The dairy cows often live less than a fourth of their natural lives because they are so worn out from being repeatedly impregnated and milked that their milk production decreases after a few years. They are then sold off to be turned into cheap meats, canned meats, hamburgers, hotdogs, and other processed meats (Google: “processed meat and cancer”). The more a human eats meat and dairy, the higher their risk of experiencing a variety of degenerative and chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, acne, varicose veins, Alzheimer’s, MS, and cancer – especially of the brain, colon, bladder, kidneys, liver, bladder, blood, breasts, and reproductive organs. The more milk and meat a man eats, the more likely he is to experience erectile dysfunction as the cholesterol and saturated fats clog the veins and arteries. Beef and cow milk (and products made from milk – cheese, butter, yogurt, cream, kifer, whey, and casein) contain the Neu5Gc molecule, which is found on human cancer cells. Most heart attacks and strokes are related to diet, not genetics. Better to avoid meat and also dairy. Plenty of plant-based milks (almond milk, hemp milk, rice milk, coconut milk, etc.), and at at least tens of thousands of vegan recipes can be found on the Internet.

  7. Being a vegan I do not agree with this protest at all. You are going to look like the crazy vegans being uptight about everything. I personally do not believe you will win over the hearts of people to kick dairy by protesting an event that benefits kids with disabilities.

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