Tibetan Meatrix Released on Eve of The Dalai Lama's New York City Visit

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Tibetan Meatrix Released on Eve of The Dalai Lama's New York City Visit

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NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 21st - In honor of The Dalai Lama's upcoming visit to

New York City from September 23rd to the 25th, Sustainable Table today released

the Tibetan translation of its critically acclaimed flash animation The Meatrix.

 

The Venerable Lama Pema Wangdak, director of the Vikramasila Foundation

and Pema Ts'al Schools, translated the short film as well as performed its

voiceovers.

 

" We feel The Dalai Lama's visit is a fitting occasion to release this

Tibetan translation, " explained Diane Hatz, Executive Producer of The Meatrix.

" The Meatrix is a film about problems on today's industrial farms, problems such

as environmental destruction, animal welfare issues and the negative impact on

farmers and local communities. His Holiness teaches that we must learn to be

compassionate, and respect for the environment and all beings are essential

tenets of Buddhism. "

 

The Meatrix is a four-minute flash animation that spoofs The Matrix movie

trilogy while educating viewers about the ills of industrial agriculture and the

problems with today's meat supply. It is a creative satire that mixes humor, pop

culture and entertainment to create an educational vehicle for viewers to

question where the food they eat comes from and to respond to a call for action.

 

The Meatrix has been translated into 28 languages with 7 foreign dubs and

has been viewed by more than 15 million people worldwide since its debut in fall

of 2003. It has received more than a dozen major film and Web awards and is

widely-recognized as having revolutionized online advocacy. You can view all of

the various Meatrix translations at www.themeatrix.com/intl/index.html

 

Sustainable Table and Free Range Studios, the creators of The Meatrix, saw

the need to draw the world's attention to the problems of industrial agriculture

with the release of The Meatrix. The film introduced viewers to factory farms

when it showed animals being raised in crowded, confined spaces, not able to

carry out their natural behaviors like grazing, rooting and pecking. In

addition, antibiotics, chemicals and/or hormones are used to promote faster

growth and to ward off diseases.

 

Factory farms often raise animals in facilities that cannot properly

process all the waste, so manure is often held in large outdoor lagoons that can

hold millions of gallons of waste. This waste is often over-applied to the land

and runs off into surrounding streams and waterways, or leaks from the lagoons

into the ground and ground water. Factory farms emphasize high volume and profit

over environmental quality, human health, safe food, humane treatment of

animals, and the rural economy. For more information on factory farms in

general, visit the Factory Farming page on Sustainable Table at

www.SustainableTable.org/issues/factoryfarming/

 

Other problems with industrialized farms include air pollution, water

pollution, negative health impacts on both humans and animals, destruction of

rural communities, environmental pollution, mistreatment of animals, and unsafe

conditions for workers. Add to this the use of hormones and growth enhancers,

and questionable feed practices that can help spread mad cow disease, and the

serious problems with factory farms becomes evident.

 

To view the award-winning Meatrix movie, please go to www.TheMeatrix.com.

 

In March 2006, Sustainable Table and Free Range Studios launched the

sequel to The Meatrix, The Meatrix II: Revolting, which explores the dark side

of the factory dairy industry. You can view the film at www.TheMeatrix2.com.

 

Sustainable Table is a leading Web resource designed to celebrate the

sustainable food movement, educate consumers on factory farming and

food-related issues and increase demand for sustainable food.

 

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