Hmmm ... ConAgra is here in Dining today, doing their sales pitch. How do I feel about that? I don't appreciate their business practices, and they're part of the reason I don't eat beef and try to buy my meat locally.
On a similar note, the evening news last night had a story exposing unethical/unsafe practices for getting sick animals accepted at slaughterhouses; a hidden camera showed pretty disturbing tactics for getting animals past the rules that are put in place to prevent cows with mad-cow and other diseases from getting into the food chain. http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7798872 (click on the 'graphic evidence' link in story for the video). For example, cows who couldn't stand on their own being dragged through inspection. The story says, "The US Department of Agriculture says it's investigating the allegations of abuse, but claims there is no immediate health risk." So please explain—how do you know there's no immediate health risk? I know there are lots of reasons a cow might not be able to stand, but mad cow is one of them. Maybe he meant to say, "We hope there's no immediate health risk." These happened to be animals whose meat was going into Indiana's school lunches.
Sometimes when people ask why I don't eat beef, I have a hard time coming up with an answer that doesn't make me sound like a conspiracy theorist or a left-wing nut; but this kind of story, and numerous others like it, are why.
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that story was gross. I don't usually like ANY story that starts with a graphic nature warning...let alone a story about FOOD!
That chef we met at MattO and KimO's anniversary party has made me a little more leery of ground beef vs. steaks. IDK...all I do know is YUCK!
right--i've read that you can have beef from hundred of cows in just one package of hamburger. if i'm going to eat beef, i'd rather it be a steak.
i know people get down on Fast Food Nation for being a commercialized attempt to exploit isolated problems. but i really don't believe they're isolated problems. whatever 'side' you find yourself on, i recommend the book to everyone. skip the first 1/2 or so if you want, which is a history of the fast food industry; the 'controversial' part is in the later 1/2.
I remember one such person who was "down" on your beliefs about it. I was surprised at how much the person just out-right believed without facts given that the person heavily depends on them for other things. Paranoia is too strong of a word, but awareness of this is important if things will ever stand a chance of changing. I just had the thought flash through my head: I wonder how humanely treated sre my $6 bag of chicken breasts from Wal-Mart.
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