Meat packing industry

Animal Cruelty Have you ever thought about where your chicken comes from before you put it on your plate? Have you ever thought about what is being done to them in order for people to be able to eat it? No one ever absolutely understands how the animals are being raised and treated before they become our food. However, I had never thought about this stuff before until I read the uttermost disturbing article and witnessed the horrifying video around how baby chicks get treated in those…

monopolies are growing, the process of meat production has gotten much less intimate and a whole lot more like factory farming. This means that since meat companies want to make as much profit as possible by squeezing as many livestock as they can into one space, they have to find a way to reduce sickness and death because such a large amount of animals are living in close quarters. Their solution: antibiotics, which is bad news for us. “The Antibiotics Problem in Meat,” written by Olga Khazan…

My family and I have been raising two chickens for the past year named Hen and Red. They are both hens of the Red Comet variety and they lay large brown eggs. We do not have any roosters, because we simply like to keep a solid supply of fresh egg is in our refrigerator and do not currently want any chicks. They both produce eggs, which my family enjoys in everything from scrambled eggs to mixing them into cake batter and making homemade waffles. The whole process is very interesting and that…

According to Imahara, (former Mythbusters host Imahara, who met up with Amy Steward, who is the principal meat scientist at Tyson foods.) the dark meat from the drumsticks and the thighs does not go into the McNuggets. However the breast and the rib meat, as well as the chicken tenderloin, are used to make McNuggets. Before McNuggets are made, the entire chicken skin is removed initially, and a small portion is added back in later for extra flavor. Additional ingredients in the McNuggets include…

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,…

Have most of us thought about where our food comes from? No, not all of us. Most of us walk into a supermarket and pick up whatever we need and walk out the door without reading the label. One place where our food comes from is farming in polyface. In the book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan she mentions the importance of polyface farming. There are in fact, few reasons farming in polyface is best for us, animals, and the environment. For instance it is essential to be aware of the…

Despite biased opinions by vegans, would it surprise someone that meat-eating is essential for optimal health? Recently, much controversy has risen surrounding the battle of vegans and meat-eaters. There are statistics standing on both ends of this debate. Following this is one of the biggest questions about the effect they have on the human body. Meat-eating is a better food source for required nutrients and proteins over veganism. First, animal food sources contain larger factors of proteins…

What are you really eating? “If you follow the food chain back from those shrink-wrapped packages of meat, you find a very different reality. The reality is a factory. It’s not a farm. It’s a factory.” (Pollan Food Inc.) This quote explains the harsh reality of what our farms have become. Our farms have changed from the green pastures depicted on the front of food products, to huge factories that are hidden from the public because the factories owners don’t want people to know what their…

In Alastair Norcross’s “Puppies, Pigs and People: Eating Meat and Marginal Case,” Norcross argues that factory farmed meat is morally wrong. Alastair supports his conclusion with two premises. The first premise is that it is wrong to torture puppies for gustatory pleasure. The second premise is if it is wrong to torment puppies for gustatory pleasure, then it is also wrong to purchase and consume factory farmed meat. For example, Norcross argues about Fred, who was involved in an accident that…

In the article Why Vegetarians Are Eating Meat Christine Lennon acknowledges the health and moral benefits of eating local farm raised animals. Christine and her vegetarian husband have been debating the topic of eating meat for years. They came to the conclusion that eating a balanced diet of fresh vegetables and ethically raised meat is the best option. They supported this with testimonies from farmers, scientists, vegetarian chefs, and multiple former vegetarians. Christine has written a good…