to aid feeding starving people and ending world hunger. It takes 13 pounds of grain to produce only 1 pound of meat! If those crops were directly fed to the people in need, it would feed more and would not require traveling far because most of the starving countries produce the grain that we feed to the animals. The grain would be used much more efficiently and would cost less. The meat that is produced from the 13 pounds of grains is sold to affluent nations, so if the slaughter houses stop…
In his short episode “Against Meat,” published in the New York Times Magazine in June (2009). By using the life story of an unnamed girl, Jonathan Safran Foer guides us through a journey to demonstrate our relationship with the animals of our planet. Many people struggle with uncovering their beliefs, although merely by looking through a person's past, those items can become more evident. Although Foer writing can be interpreted in different ways, his demonstration of repeating habits supports a…
RITTMAN — Cubes of meat, like pork, pierced on a skewer are sold in grocery stores under the label city chicken. If some Rittman residents get their way, the term will take on a whole new meaning. Residents Ted Balog and Kelly Collins, during the April 11 meeting, approached council members asking them to consider changing zoning laws to accommodate raising chickens for eggs in coops in residential areas. Balog would like to see an ordinance similar to the one in Medina, which allows chickens in…
healthier in mostly every aspect, resourceful, and is ecofriendly; people should try to avoid eating as much meat as possible and try to adapt to an ovo-lacto vegetarian…
that people do not wish to discuss. Consumers increasingly want to push slaughterhouses out of sight and out of mind, and slaughterhouse companies have been happy to oblige (Fitzgerald, 2010). We know that there is a readily supply of all types of meat, yet we turn a blind eye to think of what the animal has gone through in order for us to eat…
effect of factory farming, health risks, and emotional. Factory farming is a system of rearing livestock using intensive methods, by which poultry, pigs, or cattle are confined indoors under strictly controlled conditions. Majority of our foods like meat, milk, and eggs come from industrial farms. “In polling, 94% of Americans agree that animals raised for food deserve to live free from abuse and cruelty.” ( Farm Animal Welfare. (2016). Retrieved from…
Hopefully bacon and baby back ribs smothered in barbeque sauce will lose their appeal once the veil of anonymity that shrouds the food industry is drawn back. Why is it that it is acceptable to eat a pig or a cow, but repulsive and almost insane to eat a dog? One of the only defining differences is that to a majority of the American public it is acceptable to mass slaughter one and then cuddle up to the other. The process of this mass slaughter varies depending on the animal, but the brutality…
Most people believe “El Chupacabra” is a myth while others don't. Although many have claimed that they have seen it, they don’t have proof. It may just be some stray dog, or canine-type creature. One of the pieces of evidence goes something like this "It can change colors at will, has a hairy, reptilian body with spines all along its back and an obsession with blood. El Chupacabra translated into English means "the goat-sucker," because that's exactly what it does. El Chupacabra made its first…
When I hear the term American, I think of baseball games in the hot summer sun, barbecues with hot dogs, hamburgers and lemonade, beaches lined with seafood restaurants and tourist attractions. I think of high school romance, Sunday night football and fast food, red Solo cups, country music and long, lazy days at summer camp. When I imagine the average American, I see someone with blond hair, light eyes and fair skin. Yet most of these things do not pertain to my life, despite my having lived in…
The Ideology of Science Does eating red meat actually cause cancer? This topic caused disturbance to meat-lovers; they thought that eating meat leads to cancer. Often misinterpreted, wisdom to this cultural context creates concern in society. As society expands, scientific advancements create more problems in society. Problems also existed back in 1667, when Jonathan Swift was born in Ireland. Events such as his father’s death before his birth and how “following the Glorious Revolution of 1688,…