Livestock

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…

It is neither ethical nor does it fit within Judaism’s values, to eat meat on a frequent basis, especially considering the environmental and ethical implications of the modern meat industry. Some justify human consumption of meaning by explaining that humans are separate from and superior to animals. Yet, this doesn't mean we have the right to kill and eat them; only the right to use them for work while treating them with respect (e.g. travelling on horseback or police dogs). If anything, our…

Back home, “raised in a barn” has a negative connotation attached. What is forgotten about this is that a barn is located in an area where the skills to be cost efficient and independent are learned. This is the same area where a sense of community is established. The same area where people become one with vast nature. No, this place unlike anything familiar but the rural areas still have great potential. It is better to live in rural areas for multiple reasons, pick one. The cost of living is…

Food Inc. Discussion Paper I am simply disgusted and also rather horrified by the film Food Inc. I have some prior awareness regarding the current foundation of the food system and the farming prior to the film such as how it’s really just a large web of vendors, sources, and locations. The food system to my knowledge before watching this movie was that it was a massive factor of the 21st century for both the consumer and also the producer. It is fair to say that the food…

Meat In The Feast From processed meat, to everyday fast food restaurants American society has been prone to having meat as the main course of their meal. But through all the meat Americans consume, many Americans don't understand the flaws of how meat is processed starting from factory farms, anti-biotics & genetic manipulation, the health risk, and excess fat. Factory farms have been targeted for many years as one of the top issues in trying to regulate the meat industry, especially after…

Do you really know what goes on inside factory farms? A factory farm is a large industrial operation that raises a mass production of animals for food.That means they lock up a bunch of animals in small cages and eventually kill them to make the food that we eat everyday. So many animals get killed each day and people don’t even understand how factory farming is destroying the environment. Some people say how it is good for the environment and some people, like me, say how it is bad for the…

The second internal and external influence on Shackleton and his crew would be the decision to eat the dogs they brought on board in order to survive. The internal influence would be the moral decision to decide to eat the dogs and if it was the right thing to do. As a leader, making an internal decision to eat dogs for survival can be a tough judgement especially since the crew became very close to the dogs. To have the crew eat the dogs for survival is another reason why the expedition went…

Hog Confinements The lies everyone is getting told on how bad hog confinements are, this is really hurting the farmers. They put their lives into raising and taking care of theses hogs. Most people don’t really know what the inside of the buildings look like or how many hours the producers are with their pigs each day. Some get up at 5 A.M. and don’t get home till 10 P.M.. Most hog farmers families don’t see them unless it weekends or they go with them to work. They spend hours…

Additives, obesity, and processed meat, oh my! When it comes to being knowledgeable about the products that have been stacked on the shelves for weeks, or the meat that has been stuffed with GMO’s and slaughtered horrifically, the public does not know much. The industries do not tell the consumer enough about what is in the food and the conditions it took to get the food from factory to market. Shockingly, the future children of America are being fed hundreds of repulsive chemicals in their…

I am writing this paper about beef cattle lives from start to finish. About what happens to the cow during that time. It is about what needs to be done to make the cow healthy, and replenish the herd for them to move on and another calf or cow take it’s place. Beef cattle plays a big role in American farming. It is important to learn about the subject of beef cattle for the reason they are huge in your everyday diet. It has thought to be beef cattle to be the best source of protein and…