Feeding Ducks for Foie Gras at Hudson Valley Foie Gras
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In light of the recent ban on foie gras in California Hudson Valley Duck Company and D'Artagnan Inc invited a group of chefs in the tri-state region to visit their farms and see the process of feeding ducks for foie gras production.
The ducks were not force fed in the sense that food was not forcibly crammed down their throats, choking them from breathing.
A duck's esophagus is separate from its throat, unlike humans, and the feeding habit is similar to a duck's natural feeding instinct before migration.
The farm itself was very clean (however it is still very much a farm), and from my observation that day the ducks were not kept in stressful or cruel conditions.
Watch for yourself and decide if this is an inhumane method of producing foie gras for our consumption.
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