People have a whole different view on how the animals they eat are treated before it gets to their plate. They think animals are eating healthy. They think that they're being taken care of well when that's not the case. The animals we consume don't always eat lovely healthy green grass and are raised in clean healthy environments like we think. Animals are now raised in crowded and nasty environments they're forced to live and eat along with their feces right there on the ground. Cows are no longer fed with healthy grass. Instead, they're fed corn something that they can't even digest. The factories are trying a new method to make the process faster, which can be very harmful to the meat we eat. One problem is E. Coli, which happens because cows can't digest corn. So, the strain of natural bacteria in their intestines mutates and causes a strain of E Coli. So, when the cows are killed and processed and grounded up into ground beef, that one cow who had e. coli spread it to the whole batch of ground meat, because when ground beef is made it's made up of over a thousand cow DNA's.(nasty right?) I know.
Evidence:
http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/film
http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-system/industrial-agriculture/they-eat-what-the-reality-of.html
http://www.farmforward.com/farming-forward/factory-farming
Sade Lawson~
ReplyDeleteI truly agree because what happened to the good ol' days when cows ate regular food (grass), thats what they like to eat they deserve it. We take them on these farms and give them cheap food which is convenient for only us americans because I'm pretty sure they don't like just corn. Then we tear them apart and eat them it isn't fair to them at least let them live comfortable before there slaughtered we owe them that. Whats going on now with these animals in the slaughter houses is only just the beginning and it will only get worst.. Man RIP to all the cows worldwide :(
Why can't they treat the cows right? What the big deal?
It is hard to keep up with America's demand for MEAT.
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LIsa,
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy to think that one burger can be made up of thousands of different cows! How can we be sure WHERE it comes from if the people who provide the meat don't even know!?
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That's nasty, But is there something being done to help these animals? I mean people such as animal activist must feel a type of way about this right? Cows are no longer being allowed to graze and get the proper nutrition they need, Which means we're not getting any proper nutrition either and that's one of the exact reasons why there are so many recalls and sudden sicknesses nation wide. If this the case then what could be done to insure that the ground beef we are consuming isn't already unhealthy to digest before the cows are killed and shipped of to our supermarkets.
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DeleteI agree that that is disgusting, like why is it necessary for over a thousand cows to DNA to be mixed up in a batch of ground beef. And if they can mass produce all such things like corn and other things why can't they mass produce grass and feed it to cows? A little boy had died from the E. coli strain that was in the burger he had ate. I feel like something should be done so people don't have to worry about there being E. Coli strains in the ground beef they eat.
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http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/film
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DeleteSo True. I think that Americans WANT to believe that animals are being treated right so that they can feel better about what we eat but the fact of the matter is that these animals that we eat are becoming more and more unhealthy which is why so many people get E.Coli because of the way the animals are being treated .
ReplyDeleteBut how do we stop this "animal cruelty" ?
How do we make the people understand because lets be honest we can know that all this stuff is happening but that's not going to stop us from eating or even buying it
VIEWPOINT: That's surprising to know that a pack of ground beef is made up of more than just a couple of cows, and its even more disgusting to know that one cow can spread E. Coli to the rest of the cow meat in the factory, In order for us to get good quality meat these cows need to live healthy eat right and be treated correctly and we nor the FDA would have to worry about recall and things like that. Feeding cows corn is putting them through pain it may speed up the process but is it worth risking their health and ours I don't really think so we are eating these cows yes but I honestly feel that they shouldn't at least be treated right while they are living giving them clean places to stay instead of them walking in their own feces. These are things that everyone should be thinking about.
ReplyDeleteEVIDENCE: (http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/dairy.htm)
@Lisa: Why don't you think they can treat these animals right ?
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100%. I learned something new; I wasn't aware that they're that multiple cow's meat are being grind up to make meat. That's disgusting and it makes me think back to the video we watched in class when the poor little boy died from eating a hamburger. It seems like the companies who process this meat don't even care that they're raising these animals in very poor conditions. They are also, feeding them all these bad things that are harmful which can cause the animals to have diseases ,the people processing these meats are only thinking about fast investments and not the people they're feeding it too.This is really sad and someone needs to do something about it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.takepart.com/foodinc/film
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130408-fears-of-e.-coli-tained-meat-in-schools-spreads-after-tainted-samples-found-in-texas-home.ece
Yamiliss Ramirez