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Please buy from Cruelty-free Producers

//www.takeafancyto.com/2009/05/la-pateria-de-sousa-foie-gras-of-wild-iberian-geese/

It is accessible only in Europe so I can not wait to purchase the wild Iberian goose foie gras, La Pateria de Sousa in Barcelona. For those of you currently living in Europe, you can have the foie gras shipped to you, price 77 Euros/70 British Pounds. 

Cruelty-free Fois Gras - lets hope ALL farmers catch on

 //www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3340212/At-last-guilt-free-foie-gras.html

 "But how can foie gras be remotely welfare-friendly? To swell the prized liver to its required weight of 1lb 5oz (10 times its natural size), the goose is force-fed 6lb of grain a day - at worst, via mechanical "gavage" (a metal tube); at best, via hand-feeding and throat massage.

It is, as Compassion in World Farming points out: "The equivalent of making a human eat 28lbs of cooked spaghetti a day, which is hard to dress up as kind."

But just north of Seville is a unique Spanish farmer, Eduardo de Sousa, who produces foie gras without force-feeding. In autumn, in preparation for migration, his 2,000 geese gorge themselves silly on figs, acorns, lupins and olives left in tempting piles around the 30 acre farm.

After 14 days of feasting, their bellies touch the ground and their livers are deemed big enough. The geese are then gassed to sleep and killed, "respectfully", by an incision in the throat.

De Sousa's foie gras pipped French producers to the prestigious Coup de Coeur, an award for compassion from the Paris International Food Salon.

This June the foie gras was tracked down separately by Janet Street-Porter for Channel 4's The F-Word and by John Hudgell, a Cambridgeshire restaurateur keen to put ethics at the top of his menu.

"Most geese are a bit flappy and would take a chunk out of your ankle," says Hudgell. "These were just strolling around this beautiful farm like pet dogs. Eduardo would call out 'Bonita!', and one would come waddling over for a fig."

Street-Porter said the farm was "like a five-star luxury hotel for geese," and thought the product "bloody marvellous - all the taste and none of the cruelty".

She added: "This is food you can eat with a clear conscience. I'm going to take it home and bloody force-feed it to them." Predictably, Gordon Ramsay declared the force-fed version served at his restaurants to be superior.

De Sousa's product is currently available only at Hudgell's restaurant Alimentum (see below), but will be at Selfridges this Christmas. "Ethical foie gras parfait, chutney of fresh figs and crispy olive toast" is how the Alimentum menu describes it (at £12.95), which gets diners asking questions."

More Foie Gras - Bred in Factory Farms

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAzrSl0ztsQ

My Answer from Amazon

After writing a long letter to Amazon and telling them that I am not going to do any business with them until they stop selling foie gras, they mailed me a half baked computer generated generic letter. 

Thank you for writing to Amazon.com with your concerns. I understand that you feel very strongly about this issue.  

As a retailer, our goal is to provide customers with the broadest selection possible so they can find, discover, and buy any item they  might be seeking. That selection includes some items which many people may find objectionable. Therefore, the items offered on our website represent a wide spectrum of opinions on a variety of topics.

Let me assure you that Amazon.com does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts; we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.

We value all feedback from our customers, and I thank you again for taking the time to send us your comments about this issue. Although we won't be able to comment further on this topic, we hope you'll allow us to continue to serve you.

Did I solve your problem?

My answer to them: HELL NO! 

Dear Omid

I do not understand how you can say that this product can be produced humanely. Please can you clarify?

Not for the faint of heart

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Thank you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to write. I think making people aware of it is the best way to go but there are also producers that treat the animals humanly. I think Bryan is absolutely doing the right thing. He was a very nice and intelligent young guy. All he was asking was for our chef to consider using duck or goose liver made by humanly treated farmers. We are considering it because of him!!!

Omid 

Whata brave man, lets hope more people do the same

To buy and eat Foie Gras after you know the conditions the animals are kept in, and suffering of these poor animals in their short lifetime is EVIL. Please lets all boycot Foie Gras. Please everyone. If there was no demand for it , it would not be produced.

Omidnajian jan

We are all God's creatures and I too believe that shoving food into little docks' stomachs in order to get them fatter is extremely cruel. We all need to do something, no matter how small or trivial, to make this world better for all its inhabitants, including little docks.