The good, the bad, and the ugly about the farming industry. In Part 2 of this debate, we're going to jump back in time roughly 10,000 years. Why did factory farming start? How can you continue eating meat and still live a sustainable/ ethical lifestyle? I'll be spilling the conspirac-TEA about companies using labels to make you pay more for no reason. Are you ready to go down the rabbit hole with me?
VISUAL REFERENCES
Egyptians were among the first peoples to practice agriculture on a large scale.
Factory-farmed animals
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By Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo Agriculturasp - PESQUISA DA APTA REGIONAL AJUDA AUMENTAR EFICIÊNCIA DAS AVES POEDEIRAS NO CONSUMO DE RAÇÕESUploaded by Snowmanradio, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15660027
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Legislation
Ag-gag legislation is designed to discourage, silence, and punish whistle-blowing on factory farms. These laws target employees and undercover investigators who seek to uncover and expose cruelty, abuse, and food safety violations. Ag-gag laws initially criminalized videotaping inside of a factory farm, but have since been expanded to make it illegal to provide misinformation on a job application. This new litigation makes it almost impossible for an undercover investigator to get a job at a factory farm without violating the law. Undercover investigations have uncovered countless cases of animal abuse and food safety violations. Without access to factory farms, the public remains blind to what goes on behind the windowless walls of these facilities. Likewise, without undercover investigations exposing these violations, animal abuse goes unpunished and food safety issues go unresolved.
Comparison between Industrial and Family Farms
CONSPIRAC-TEA
KFC
Learn your labels
Got Conned? How Big Dairy and Big Brother Have Duped You for Decades
Thank you so much for tuning it. And definitely stay tuned for next week’s episode. I’ll be sharing with you all the sustainable things in our lives that we don’t realize are actually sustainable. We’ll be debunking the myth that you need to buy tons of fancy gadgets to be sustainable and see how you can live an eco friendly lifestyle without breaking the bank.
See ya’ll next tuesday. Byeeeeee.
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