Tranquility du Jour #350: The Last Pig, Part 2
Tranquility du Jour
Kimberly Wilson
4.6 • 554 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2015
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
The Last Pig Part II with Bob Comis. Hear his journey from pig farmer to vegetable grower and the challenges that came with the transition. Learn the truth about "humane" meat and slaughter and what he means when he says "it's about emotions, not logic."
Featured Guest: Bob Comis
For the first few decades of his life, Bob Comis was oblivious to the suffering of non-human (and human) animals. Thanks to the courage and bravery of undercover investigators who secretly capture and share footage of the twin horrors of factory farming and industrial slaughter, Bob was roused from his ignorance. He became a vegan, but quickly failed. Then he became a humane pig farmer, and quickly succeeded. He raised pigs for slaughter for ten years, until one day in January, 2014 a powerful vibration of empathy, compassion, and love overwhelmed him, and with the strength of the universal goodness that is our unfettered state of being behind him, he decided to quit pig farming, start a vegetable farm, and become a vegetarian (vegan, in January 2015). Today, when Bob pulls a beet out of the ground, or unearths a brilliant cluster of potatoes he is able to be fully present, which is very much the opposite of his experience when he farmed pigs, which he did from a distance, divorced from the moment, disconnected from himself.
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| 0:00.0 | Tranquility Dejure, October 12, 2015. |
| 0:08.7 | Bonjour, this is Kimberly Wilson, and welcome to the 350th edition of Tranquility DeJure, |
| 0:16.4 | The Last Pig, Part 2 with Bob Comas. |
| 0:20.3 | Here's journey from pig farmer to vegetable grower and the challenges that came with the transition. |
| 0:27.0 | Learn the truth about humane meat and slaughter and what he means when he says, |
| 0:31.0 | it's about emotions, not logic. |
| 0:34.5 | So I'm recording today from beautiful Tuscany, and it is about day three of the Art and Asana |
| 0:41.6 | yoga retreat with the lovely Mary Catherine Star, and most of the retreaters are out doing a hike |
| 0:47.1 | while we record and produce the podcast. |
| 0:50.2 | And I wanted to say a big thank you for those of you who have taken the time and let me know that you enjoyed part one of the last pig and that were able to donate to their indigo campaign. |
| 1:01.4 | I just checked shortly before this recording and they are about 44% of the way of raising funds. |
| 1:08.8 | And the funds you may remember from Allison's interview, which was the |
| 1:13.0 | 349th episode, are going to the editing process of this film, which should be released |
| 1:19.8 | mid next year, mid-2016. So again, a big thank you to those of you who contributed, and I |
| 1:26.5 | encourage you to listen along |
| 1:28.7 | and see if this is something that resonates with you. |
| 1:31.5 | I think it has the possibility to have a profound impact, and I think Allison and Joe, the |
| 1:38.9 | cinematographer, have done a beautiful job of bringing it to life. |
| 1:42.0 | You can watch the trailer at Kimberlywilson.com |
| 1:46.3 | slash blog. You'll find that in the podcast show notes. And then, of course, at the last |
| 1:51.9 | pig.com. So Bog Comus, for the first few decades of his life, he was oblivious to the suffering |
| 1:58.9 | of non-human and human animals, thanks to the courage |
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