Thursday, October 14, 2010

my topic (different color)

For my topic in the ethics of food cluster I decided to write about the ongoing violence towards animals, the animals we eat. Many people believe that just because their food has some sort of label on it "assuring" their food was well-treated throughout it's life time, the food is safe to buy and no guilt should be felt. One example is the humane care label that is being posted on egg cartoons in America, apparently letting the customer know that the chicken wasn't treated violently, but it's exactly the opposite. Not only chickens but all types of farm animals undergo some form of abuse in order for their "job" to be fulfilled. The reason why I came up with this project is because this issue is an ongoing problem that consumer seem to ignore even though they're the ones keeping these food giants in business. After reading a few of the books assigned by my professors I began to see the cruelty that these animals face. A small description of animal cruelty towards the animals is the bone development in chicken, normally chicken take about 2-3 months in order to fully develop but due to selective breeding and other methods of reproductions chickens now only take 6 weeks maximum in order to be slaughtered and sent to a supermarket near you. I believe this topic can relate to everyday life because whenever anyone goes grocery shopping many decisions are involved, hopefully by writing about this topic the reader may stop and think next time they go in their local supermarket and decide to buy that chicken breast or ground beef. Some of the themes of my project will be how to they are treated from the very first moment they come to this world to the very point where they placed on a styrofoam plate wrapped in plastic, also how and what they are fed. A few things that I hope to learn from this project are what really happens to these animals in farms, also get a sense of what they feel like when they are abused. I hope to inspire every single person that reads my project, to make better decisions and start to realize where their food really comes from. Also making readers realize that "organic" or "healthy" food isn't so healthy, because they're myriad forms and words in order to lure consumers to buy these foods, all masqueraded under one big umbrella.

2 comments:

  1. Caught my eye.
    Interesting topic. I would love to know how much of these organic or healthy food labels are actually legitimate. I remembered I just bought eggs that said organic, but then again would it be really organic? Curious thing to know. I will be wanting to know all your investigations of your ongoing project. Good Luck!

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  2. Alright now this color is more visible lol. I can also remember the other day my mom brought home chicken I believe? I automatically picked it up and analyzed it. I was trying to look for any marking or certification of some sort assuring safe care of the animal but as usual it was just a regular peice of chicken. All I could think of is the suffering those poor chickens went through but all that thinking evaporated once it was served on a plate with rice.

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