Getting Real About the High Prices of Cheap Food, written by Bryan Walsh is an informative, yet persuasive article. Walsh talks about the downside of the food industry and expenses his concerns of the health of the land and human-beings. In the beginning, he does not hold back and describes the gruesome five month journey of a pig from birth to death. Pig’s and other farm animals life is fast and cheap, however, there are far worse consequences for these inexpensive solutions. In exchange for cheap food, erosion is happening to farmlands, animals are raised in unspeakable conditions and the rise of antibiotics-resistant bacteria (Walsh 1). The animals health and farming lands are not the only concerns Walsh expresses in the essay. The health of the Americans is his main concern. America's eating habits are extraordinary with $147 billion dollars worth of doctor bills and consuming four times as much dairy and meat as the world (8). As Walsh’s essay comes to an end, he urges the readers open their eyes and see the real cost
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I was more surprises about our fast-food industry in America and the effects it has on the whole planet. I had already known about the gruesome conditions animals live in in feed yards. Growing up in Dodge City Kansas, one of the leading meat producing companies in the world, you get to know more about how the meat industry is ran. It is difficult to avoid the fact that cows are being killed by the second because of the horrible smell. I have never personally visited however, I have been shown graphic videos. The things companies do to animals just so they can keep up with the demand is shocking. It made me wonder if both the producer and the consumer have equal blame in how the food industry is ran. If people were to notice and care about their food, I believe companies will slowly start to change the way they produce their
I was more surprises about our fast-food industry in America and the effects it has on the whole planet. I had already known about the gruesome conditions animals live in in feed yards. Growing up in Dodge City Kansas, one of the leading meat producing companies in the world, you get to know more about how the meat industry is ran. It is difficult to avoid the fact that cows are being killed by the second because of the horrible smell. I have never personally visited however, I have been shown graphic videos. The things companies do to animals just so they can keep up with the demand is shocking. It made me wonder if both the producer and the consumer have equal blame in how the food industry is ran. If people were to notice and care about their food, I believe companies will slowly start to change the way they produce their