Factory Farming = Food Poisoning
Even if nobody gives a flying fuck about the putrid sick living conditions of factory farm animals — how can they eat the poisoned “food” that comes out of those hellholes?
Animals are crammed into cages where they barely have room to move, they’re wallowing in each other’s shit and piss, and their “food” consists partly of shit and the flesh of diseased animals. They’re injected with huge amounts of antibiotics and growth hormones; plus they get more of these same drugs from the feces that’s in their “food.” MMMM, eggs over easy, anyone? How about a little Steak Tartare?
Food poisoning epidemics are getting more and more common. What the fuck did you expect? This latest rerun is the same old same old. FDA and USDA inspectors are asleep at the switch (and/or understaffed and/or being paid off) while another factory farm spews out contaminated filth and millions of people eat it. The names change but it’s the same tired plot. This time it’s Quality Egg, Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms.
Why do people keep buying that shit? Just don’t patronize those cocksuckers. Buy local.
Nothing is guaranteed of course, but you’re a lot less likely to get poisoned if you buy your food from local growers and farmers. Sure it costs a bit more, but you’re helping the local economy and helping yourself with a better diet.
Factory farms wouldn’t survive without millions of people buying the diseased sewage they call “food.”
Labels: factory farms, Hillandale Farms, Quality Egg, Wright County Egg
posted by Tom Harper @ 3:50 PM
13 Comments:
Yeah most of the places,scratch that,all the local places we used to go are all closed. I eat a lot of cereal.
It's too bad most Americans are becoming so impoverished that all they can afford is that crappy food.
Sadly Tom there aren't enough local farms to sustain a large city. If Seattle had to rely on the farms of the Skagit valley they'd starve. And a lot of those farms are gone now sold off to developers for strip malls and housing. Did you know that Werhauser now makes most of it's money by buying and selling land?
Yep things have changed since you first moved out here.
That's good advice, Tom. Sadly for those of us who do not drive, it's easier said that done.
Good post and topic.
I don't know if it's true of all of them, but most factory farms are as awful as you say. Better rules are needed, along with a lot more enforcement — an excellent job-creating opportunity for state and federal governments.
Buying local is a good move for those who can. As others have pointed out, that's often not an option. Even if local producers were plentiful, many people couldn't afford their prices. And even if you do that, you'll still get a lot factory-farm eggs in your diet, in restaurants and as ingredients in prepared foods and baked goods.
I think we'd do well to have a national policy encouraging and helping people to start up small family farms and medium-sized multi-family farms, for a variety of reasons, including national security and job creation.
Short of that, we can and should demand more and better regulation of factory farms, with more humane conditions for the animals and safer products for consumers.
Tim: That sucks, that your local places have closed. At least you can't get food poisoning from cereal. (Knock wood.)
Dave: Some of the produce at our local health food store is cheaper than the same item at Safeway. Not too many people know about it, and Safeway certainly isn't anxious to spread the word.
Demeur: Sorry to hear that about the Skagit Valley. That whole locavore thing is really big where I live. This isn't exactly a hip or trendy area, so I figured this was happening in a lot of places.
TC: That's true, not driving would sort of cramp things. Portland sounds like a cool place though. I've driven through it a few times but I'm not that familiar with it.
SW: That's true, stronger enforcement would create lots of useful well-paying jobs. And I agree that more small and medium size family farms would benefit national security and employment.
Portland has one of the best public transit systems in the country, but the "farmers' markets" within reach get their stuff from the same wholsalers the grocery stores do. I remember farmers' markets in NJ in my youth where we could get tomatoes that tasted sweet as candy.
TC: That's too bad about bogus farmers markets. The one in our town, we know all the vendors and farmers, so it's all pretty trustworthy. But since farmers markets are becoming so trendy now, the downside would be a bunch of impostors sneaking in.
Your post is right on, read "Foundations" for my view. It is in synch with your rail, which is not as harsh as it should be, people need a 2x4 smack between the eyes to get the picture. Eat cancer, get cancer.
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Hope to see same more information in futere.
It’s funny how many articles and news come out on a weekly basis.
Good article. Thank you.
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