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As people eat food they seldom consider where the food came from, what were the conditions in which it was produced, or the methods by which it was obtained. Eating has become a thoughtless act Berry claims. He goes on to say, “The streamlining of food production has caused consumers to become ignorant to the ‘biological reality’ of the production of food.” The conditions of food suffer with scale e.g.“4 kilometers of cabbage dependent on chemicals” or “cows so close together they are dependent on antibiotics and other drugs.” The food industry is not concerned about quality and health of their food or customers, they are concerned rather with volume and price. Through corporations goal to meet demand the quality of food and life for livestock has decreased drastically. The consumer has to become conscious about what they are eating and their associated consequences, Berry exclaims. The consumer needs to become responsible for the politics and ethics that surround their choice of