Meet Meat, Mate

Our global meat industry is one that serves and produces meat that shamelessly has growth hormones that is corn fed rather then grass and is done on a mass, global scale. How do you feel about our unnatural meat industry, and what can we do to change and better our meat for future generations?

The meat that we are served on a daily basis is terrible. The truth is that most of us have no idea where it comes from. Who knows, for all we know your hotdog might actually have some dog in it. Probably not. The colossal that we call our meat industry is destroying our environment and feeding us with genetically engineered meat. The animals are subject to malnutrition and crowding with much less space then they need to be healthy, not to mention move.

            It is important that we change the way that we distribute our meat. It does not make sense to eat stake from Brazil when there are steaks from cows that used to live in California. The only reason to buy meat from far away places is because it is better meat, not genetically altered, and fed with grass rather then corn. Everyone eats too much meat. If everyone ate a little less meat, we would be able to produce enough locally to eliminate the need for long distance shipping of food.

            The conditions in our farms and slaughterhouses are gross. The farms give every animal just enough space to move. They are fed with chemicals and corn, rather then grass and weeds. When cows are in their growing phase they are fed high fructose corn syrup to fatten them more quickly. We need to raise our farm animals on green pastures rather then steel cages, even if that means cutting down on our meat consumption.

            We need to be able to feed our own country without relying on other nations to do so for as. In 2010 the amount of meat that the U.S. produced was worth 27 billion dollars, however the American meat industry is a 74 billion dollar market (http://www.ers.usda.gov/news/BSECoverage.htm). If we could even cut down our dependence on other countries a little, say in our food industry, it could help us tremendously in the long run.

            The way that we raise our meat is wrong. Animals need to be able to live their life how they were supposed to, rather then locked up and behind bars. The way we grow our food is unhealthy and will come back to haunt us eventually. People need to realize that the times are changing, and we need to change with them.