It's Not Whether They Can Talk or Not but, Whether or Not They Can Suffer.

                     Have you ever wondered where some of your food comes from? First off, i hope you know that when they say, "farm", they mean factory, and when they say "100% beef" it means all parts of the cow's body, just saying. There's a film, that i recommend everyone to watch, it's called "Food inc". An intriguing documentary exposing the food industry for what really happens which could lead you to look at food in a different way. The movie becomes very in-depth, particularly on the production of chicken.

WTF ?!

       Chickens are born and raised in a dark tunnel-ventilated house, where they are injected with antibodies which increases their growth rate expeditiously.  It becomes really unbearable, when you see chickens that are too overweight, and are only able to take two to three steps before collapsing. This form of "farming" is called industrial agriculture, a modern way of farming where machinery is heavily relied on, whereas human work isn't.

      A little known fact about some of these companies are, that they offer their customers similar treatment than they do their animals. A worker must sign a contract which acts as an ordeal with the devil. Farmers must purchase extremely expensive equipment, but must borrow money from the company, this is how the company holds them in a leash. Farmers are unable to leave the loop and must continuously pay for new equipment and must continue to borrow more and more money.

      There is of course, a more ethical course for farming, it's considered to be the "old fashioned way". Where farmers would work hard everyday in order to produce food that is not only earned through a hard days work, but is more healthy and more reliable than what you would find through industrial agriculture. This way of farming is called Sustainable agriculture. There are less companies that would take this route, because it is less profiting, and the food is much more expensive, but i would rather pay an extra few dollars, rather than distorting our environment and plaguing this world's animals.

         I value our health and environment enough to purchase products that come from hard earned farms, and if anyone else has a mutual feeling, then i suggest finding food brands that come from sustainable agricultural farms and make a difference.
   








Resources :
100% beef
Sustainable Agriculture
Industrial Agriculture
Food Inc Film
Unit 7 TPJ3M1

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