I watched Food, Inc. last evening. I am appalled, to say the very least.
It was truly and utterly disturbing. And this coming from someone who feels pretty well educated on the state of our food “system” in this country.
We grow our own food. We get a lot from our organic CSA. We also buy our beef and pork from local pastured (grass raised and finished) organic farms. We also get our eggs from these same local sources. But this is just stomach-wrenching. I will never again purchase conventionally raised meat from the grocery store. EVER again.
Ironically last night was the very first time I picked up some local organically-raised free-range chickens. Thank goodness for our local amish farmers!
I urge anyone out there who has not seen this movie or is not fully informed on these issues to watch this movie. It is alarming – eye opening. Watching chickens get kicked to move….. cows and pigs being forced to slaughter by ramming them with skid steers…..chickens being fed the wrong food and genetically engineered to grow so large so fast they can’t even walk because their own legs cannot support their own weight…..ugh.
To say I’m disgusted right now is a huge understatement.
