eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/06/06/gestation-crates/?hpt=hp_c2 So I know some will look at this article and say 'lib's shut stay the heck away from my meat' or 'they're just animals' what I see is this... 'this is an example of the free market making an improvement based on consumers' but I also see this ..."Since February, major fast food chains like McDonald's, Burger King, Denny's and Wendy's as well as the nation's two largest grocery story chains, Safeway and Kroger have publicly announced that they will join earlier adopters including Chipotle, Whole Foods and Wolfgang Puck in phasing out gestation crate pork from their supply chains. The change will not be immediate; most plans call for suppliers to adhere to a ten-year transition timeline." A sensible phased in approach that is worked out with the supplier/consumer in concert. McD, BK et al... probably determined that a wholesale switch over night would cause too much of a burden on the piggy supply chain. Phased timelines that give the business effected, time to plan, time to adapt, time to provide business solutions....works best for everyone. But what I also believe, is that government can take this approach as well. This is the approach we should take with energy. Incremental goals to GRADUALLY migrate/diversify our energy portfolio.
I'd love to see some examples of the Right fighting the development of alternative fuels because they love the oil companies. Incredibly dumb statement when you look at who is leading the way with alternative fuels.
Gradual change is good in this situation. Some changes can and need to be implemented more quickly. I think if we as consumers were more informed about where our food came from and how it was produced then we wouldn't eat it. Perhaps I am wrong, but think we like to ignore the truth in these situations and pretend like the meat we eat comes from animals on a farm that are running around free and happy.
Fat makes everything taste better and that's why it's added to ground beef, not for cost reasons. Eat a burger made from 80/20 the eat one with 5 or 10% fat. You'll know the difference immediately. Regarding the post about cattle, just drive through the country. Only some veal is raised in tight spaces. Regular cattle have pretty good lives until they go to feed lots for fattening for 60-90 days.
