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Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Meatrix

These funny yet insightful clips were really helpful in conveying the message about the dangers of factory farming. Although these clips mostly focused on the meat industry, eggs and even water are also at danger. Chickens play a large part in factory farming. The chickens are pumped with steroids so they can produce eggs faster and therefore make more profit for the company. Something I didn't realize until after watching these clips was that the environment around factory farms are very poor. Because of the fecal matter, the air and water becomes very polluted. These farming companies are very good at hiding what's really going into the food we eat. No one really thinks about. That's why I like these videos cause it explains simply what's going on. The only country I've visited that is somewhat poor is the Bahamas. Everyone thinks that the Bahamas is this tropical, beautiful land but in reality, the main land is very poor. The poor living conditions and whole environment in general does not seem safe. I don't know much about the Bahama's meat industry but I know that worldwide these types of conditions for animals are not only are for them but also to humans. This definitely needs to come to an end or many lives both animal and humans are going to be lost.

1 comment:

  1. I agree that the farming companies are hiding what we are eating, but it is also for our own good. To keep up with demand they have to mass produce meat and factory farms are the only reasonable way to do that. We've been eating these things our whole lives, so why let it bother us now. Plus if we end factory farming it will cause food shortages for meat and create ridiculous prices. The Conditions for both the human workers and the animals need to improve, but nothing dramatic.

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