It's easy to turn a blind eye to where our food comes from. As long as it's in the neat, clean aisles of the grocery store, it must be fine, right? As we speak, however, immense cruelty and suffering is being dealt out to the animals that will become America's sirloin, prime rib, and bacon. But two things are happening in regards to this cruelty: 1) We don't want to hear about it because, let's face it, we'd be morally obligated to give up our bacon double cheeseburger (what a shame that would be!) and 2) We're not being allowed to hear about it or see it because factory farms won't let people in to see how their operations run. Is there not a serious problem when we are not given access to see where our food comes from???
Read this article from Mark Bittman and, if you choose, look for his articles in the NY Times. He brings up excellent points and makes a case for being more conscious of our food choices. Hopefully one day his message and others like it will be loud enough for everyone to hear...
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