From Puppy Mills to Factory Farms

Ok, this day and age, if you are buying regular ol' meat from the grocery store, and you DON'T know that it came from a factory farm, you're either stupid or in denial. That meat is pure, 100% factory farmed goodness.  And I use the term "goodness" loosely, unless this is your idea of goodness:

YUM.  Just look at that.  It sure does package up nicely though, doesn't it???

I don't give a shit if you don't care about the chickens and cattle.  I care, but I don't expect all of you to want happy lives for your food animals.  What I don't get is how you can look at this:

And want to eat that?  I mean, those animals are living in filth, they are sick and the meat doesn't even taste good.  It is sick!

Letting companies like McDonalds decide how your food is raised, allowing chemicals into your food supply, eating diseased meat...that's fucked up.  What's even more fucked is feeding it to your kids.  

So what do we do?  We decide to make a change and not support the factory farms.  Head out to Safeway, look at the eggs...ah, here we go!  CAGE FREE!  Perfect, right?  Happy chickens, without cages!  I mean, they cost an additional $3 a carton, but they are CAGE FREE!  

Check it out, cage free!  Its like a chicken party!!!  Look how HAPPY they are!  Life without the confines of a cage...BLISS!  

Fuck.  Ok, free range.  That will be better, right?  Free ranging chickens!  Sounds like the wild west, acres of fields to roam in, the sun, the grass!  FREEEEE RANGE!

YAY!  Aren't you so glad you bought with your conscience and paid double the amount so that the chickens could live a happy life?

Fuck the farmers, the companies, the grocery stores and regulators for allowing us to be duped this way.  Fuck 'em for allowing animals to be treated like this at all, let alone rip us off by letting us think that they have our best interests at heart.  Fuck them for taking your hard eared cash, the extra $3 a carton for the happy image, fuckers!  Fuck!

If you want healthy food, it IS possible.  Buy straight from the producer so you can see the farm.  Or, if you are in the city, there are ethical butchers out there who won't sell this shit bag.  There are farmers who care what they produce, how it makes the animals feel and how it effects our health.

This guy is the real deal, and I applaud him and all of the other producers who find the balance and grow great grub.

You can learn more about good food/bad food and how you can tell the difference by watching Food, Inc.  Should be available pretty much anywhere.  That awesome farmer is in it too, so you can learn more about him.  

Better yet, look into your local bylaws.  Chances are, you can own a few chickens right in your backyard.  If you can't, I guarantee someone in your own town is already working to change it, so try posting an ad on craigslist and meet people with similar interests.  Our food is our business, and we don't have to sit back and let others

tell us what "food" should be.