VIEWPOINT: Farmers with little two no money are willingly to take on the job of raising and feeding chickens for high corporations such as Perdue, Tyson, etc... they of course agreed to raise the chickens because they were getting money that they couldn't get before, But the way the chickens are raised is terrible and extremely unsanitary. The massive amounts of chickens are usually stuffed in a chicken coops with no space to walk around or even move causing them to sit eat and sleep all day. As days go on and they begin to sit in their own feces as well as the other chickens some die and are left there for days rotting the rooms smell become unbearable. And these are the chickens we are eating ? This may not necessarily be the farmers fault because this is what they are told to do. Farmers are not told to do anything else but raise and feed the chickens, so who should be blamed ? What should be done ?
EVIDENCE: 1. According to "food Inc" The farmer raising Perdue's chickens wanted to show the horrible living conditions of the chickens but was not given the right to by Perdue, and was obedient to their decision. Whereas a farmer raising Tyson's chickens were given the same demand not to show the living of there chickens but did any ways because she could not stand it anymore.
2. (http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/chicken-industry.aspx)
Natalie,
ReplyDeleteGreat connections (and sad, too) to econ. I think that you raise an interesting point here about how these farmers are "trapped" in the system.
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Why do you think Purdue and Tyson are so set on the idea of not showing us these unfit conditions? Do you think that if that woman wouldn't have shown us the conditions, and if the people whom did the documentary wouldn't have gotten any proof on these conditions that you would feel the same way as you do now? What was your reaction to viewing these? Was it enough to keep you away from meat? http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/low-carb-library/are-we-meat-eaters-or-vegetarians-part-ii/ Protein power speaks of how meat has helped humans grow from our beginning, and as you read their viewpoint, you can't help but wonder whether or not meat is a major food source that we should continue to use.
ReplyDeleteNatalie, what do you think should be done about the trapping of these farmers and the growth of this food source?
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DeleteI do agree that chickens being raised for human consumption are raised in pretty crappy conditions and I know it's just terrible to think about, but there is one key thing to think about. How high is the demand for chicken? A steep rise in demand for chicken wings took place three years ago, when, it’s been reported, the average wholesale price of wings was $1.47 per lb., up 39% from 2008. Adjusted for inflation, that was the highest price for wings since the 1970s(Business.time.com). There's a high demand therefore farmers must raise their chickens in conditions that satisfy the demand. What do you suggest we do about the chickens' living conditions? Bigger coups? Perdue and Tyson are major companies so it's not like they don't have the money. But will they? If they got bigger houses for the chickens, wouldn't they just put in more chickens?
ReplyDeleteSource: http://business.time.com/2012/02/13/chicken-wings-are-hot-and-chicken-wing-prices-are-hotter/
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DeleteThat is so very true about the chickens how they are cramped up into tiny spaces and badly treated causing some to die because the living situation and condition is not what it's suppose to be for the chickens. I also feel its really not the farmers fault because they are coned into working for the big companies because they have fallen into debt to them and have to pay it off some day. And i feel even if the other farmers did like the lady in the movie who let the camera crew into the farm on food inc. and got fired because they were fed up with what the companies had them doing. Because they felt that what they were doing wasn't farming and it was wrong, all the companies would do is just find a replacement i feel that the workers for the companies come a dime a dozen for them if that's how the saying goes. Also i feel like everyone is to blame the farmers, the workers, the companies and we the people because by us eating the foods the companies produce we are supporting their business. And what can be done to make it stop? i think maybe one way could be everyone rising up against it and stop supporting what these companies do stop eating their foods and buying their products. When their things go into less of demands they will have no other choice but to change to fit the needs of the people to continue to make money cause that's what it's all about making money.
ReplyDelete-Iyona L.
http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/05/the-difficult-lives-and-deaths-of-factory-farmed-chickens/
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/chickens.aspx
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DeleteI agree with this because the living conditions that chicken live in pretty harsh only because companies are using farmers to raised them because they know that farmers are in debt and need money. So it is up to them to get the farmers money but also to have them raise chicken for their companies. After putting hormones in them to grow faster. In Britannica Advocacy for Animal explains "give chickens no opportunity to behave according to their nature. Quite the contrary—the reality of the life and death of factory-farmed chickens, both those raised for meat and those used to lay eggs, is shocking". Explaining that because of factory farmers are owned by the companies they will have to raise the chickens a certain way.
ReplyDeleteEvidence: http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2007/05/the-difficult-lives-and-deaths-of-factory-farmed-chickens/