There are many important issues in the country that
affect and concern me, but one that is most important to me is the treatment of
animals living on large farms run by national food processing corporations. In
order to satisfy American appetites for vast quantities of chicken, beef, and
pork, large food corporations disregard the safety of the animals and resort to
morally unjust ways to produce food quickly. In order to produce a larger
amount of chicken breast meat, which is the part of the chicken most desirable
by consumers, companies inject baby chicks with hormones as soon as they are
born so they can grow larger and fatter, with enlarged breasts. Cattle are fed
manure, corn, and dead animals rather than grass as they are denied a healthy,
natural diet. Pigs are compressed together in a giant machine in order to
expedite their slaughter. For the majority of their lives, these farm animals
never see the light of day, as they are kept in enclosed filthy huts. These
animals suffer during slaughtering where they are crushed together until they
are suffocated. It is essential to kill these animals in order to make meat,
but it is unfair to inject them with hormones, and slaughter them in such
unimaginable and atrocious manners. What can Americans do about this problem? Americans who care about what they eat should eat organic food, especially organic meat. This means that the cow was fed natural grown grass instead of mass produced corn, and the chickens are free range and aren't injected with hormones or any medicine. Organic food is more expensive because local organic farms are hard to come by so it costs more to upkeep. However it is better for you and you will rest easy knowing the animal you are eating was treated badly dying to become your next meal.
