America Is Not What It?

America is not what it used to be. This country has changed from what it was yesterday and will evolve into the infinite unknown. From here, we will only continue to lose touch with ourselves and who we are. We have lost morality for our animals. The public majority seems to not care how our meat is produced and made. Big companies have been able to keep it a secret from the people of how bad our meat has gotten. A report from 2013 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture states that an average of 18,032 cows is killed each day; that number has only gone up from the past three years. These big companies are making billions of dollars a year and are spending that money to keep their operations blind to anyone who even attempts to investigate them.

Meat is being produced under unsafe terms in factories, instead of on farms. The FDA has not given the people of the nation a safe place to eat, for them or their kids. E. coli has been the one major virus infecting many kids, and adults throughout the nation. The book,”The Jungle” was written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair was the first real eye opener to the industry. It began to become a nice job for the middle income man, it was a safe, clean place, with a good wage. But what happened to that, the feeling that our food comes from a safe place? The FDA is too loose on its regulations, they should not allow for growth hormones to be

It has been taken over by large companies and marketed at high price. Our food is grown based on demand, not on health. In the film, Food, Inc., the chickens and cows are raised to be slaughtered as quick as possible. They are beefed up with feed that is full of antibiotics that become harmful for digestion. The chicken that are raised are in small areas where they have never been exposed to sunlight. There are plenty that die each day because of the conditions they are being kept in. The chicken’s organs cannot keep up with their growth, therefore, they cannot take two steps. Cows are basically in the same situation as the chickens. They are being fed corn instead of grass and are confined to small areas. Listening to the documentary about how the chances of cows being cleaned before slaughtered is traumatizing. That is the food that we eat and how we are supposed to have our intake of energy. If this is how the industry is treating the population we have today, I do not see much difference for the population

“For most humans, especially for those in modern urban and suburban communities, the most direct form or contact with non-human animals is at meal time: we eat them. This simple fact is the key to what each one of us can do about changing these attitudes. The use and abuse of animals raised for food far exceeds, in sheer numbers of animals affected, any other kind of mistreatment” (Coats). The most effective method to stop this cruelty is to learn about where the meat comes from, by supporting the organic and family farms which will ultimately lead to the reducing the amount of animals that have to suffer (PETA). More than 95 percent of animal abuse in America occurs in the meat packing industry (Harper & Low). Animals suffer an unimaginable amount, they are raised to be killed, then bought and then consumed. In order to help fight back against the abuse, there needs to be a cut back on the amount of meat or poultry that is consumed. Seriously consider the option of becoming a vegetarian; by not eating meat, you completely stop supporting animal

Meat-producing companies try to hide the conditions in which their livestock are kept before being slaughtered. In Iowa, a bill called H.F.589 attempted to make it illegal to record videos and pictures at a farm without the facility owner's consent, and illegal to agree to work there to get a hold of undercover photos and videos of animal cruelty (Lin). Companies know that most people will be put off by seeing the acts that go on in order to provide inexpensive meat and dairy products that can be packaged and sold. People buy meat products to enjoy a tasty meal, but if the process involved in creating their food is untrustworthy, it could

Factory farms having locked doors only reinforces what some of us already suspect. That they are engaging in activities appalling to the public. Their secrecy is seemingly sustaining their business. Consumers’ ignorance of the meat production business only encourages inhumane animal husbandry. Foer says, “the power brokers of factory farming know that their business model depends on consumers not being able to see (or hear about) what they do.” (pg. 87) This is why we need to educate ourselves on this matter extensively and start actively demanding where our meat is coming from. Advocating for animal welfare is one way we can begin the process of changing or ultimately ending factory farming.

This problem has gone on for quite some time, with only some media coverage occurring every so often. One of the few times that media has covered the topic of bad meat was 1993 during an E. coli outbreak in jack in the box. According to the New york times an investigation was done and they “found contamination in 2 of 10 ground beef samples from Seattle-area restaurants.” Further investigation revealed that the meat had been contaminated by feces while in the slaughterhouse.(New york Times) This event brought up concerns that caused people to react as detailed by Richard Coorsh in an article, Date Line Washington : the Meat Goes on as he talks about how many inspectors filed a lawsuit during 1998 in order to improve upon regulations. Coorsh

Everyone has the right to know what's in the food that they are eating. It's upsetting how these massive corporations dominate American citizens. If everyone knew how much brutality was required to meet the demands of the fast food industry, I like to think the public would simply not tolerate it and demand that animals stop being designated property in law. I find it impossible to believe that if people knew the reality that they would not want animals to have recourse to legal protections from enduring lifetimes of nothing but abuse.

America is not the Greatest Country is the first episode of HBO’s new television series The Newsroom. A news anchor, Will McAvoy, is seated between a strong liberalist, Susan, and a conservative, Lewis, on a journalism panel. When asked to describe why America is the greatest country from a student in the audience the anchor envisions someone in the audience using cue cards telling him, “It isn’t.” This persuades him to give his true opinion, and the anchor continues with a speech about why he feels this way. Will McAvoy uses bipartisan journalism to give the audience the impression that his approach on the subject is unbiased to distract them from his anti-American argument.

Many people are concerned for the animals and saying that by killing these animals its causing suffering to them for no reason. When you go grocery shopping for meat what do you think the factories did to those animals. They did not just say okay cow lay over and die. A meat factory "in U.S., more than 42 million cows suffer and die for the meat and dairy industries every year" ("Cows" 1). Any animal is going to suffer when it dies nobody can help that. If you want any source of meat the animal suffered. At least with hunting the meat you can be sure it was cleaned in a area were you can watch were the meat sits. The cost of a box of bullets is less then the price of meat in a grocery store. Even if you were the worst shot in history the animal

The curiosity behind American food production has become an increasing topic as foodborne illness and the obesity epidemic is getting worse. The film “Food Inc.” exposes the truth behind the intentionally hidden food industry in America. According to filmmaker, Robert Kenner, the issue moved its way from the fast food industry straight into the supermarket. The underlying reason is rapid growth of fast food restaurants like McDonald’s. These companies desired large suppliers to provide them with products that tasted exactly the same, which changed the way that beef was produced. This allowed a handful of companies to gain control over the food supply and makes its way to the supermarket. The increasingly dominant food companies in America are disregarding societal needs and are acting in unethical ways toward animals and their employees.

There shouldn’t have to be any more deaths from tainted meat. After watching this documentary and now knowing what goes into my food, I said I would never eat meat again and become a vegan, which is exactly what I plan to do. Over 35% of Americans are obese from fast food restaurants, 40% of Americans die from e-coli. It’s plain and simple; if you question it, don’t eat it. For every American who is staring at their cheeseburger or fries right now, ask yourself, is it

There is a large problem of animal cruelty linked to the food industry in the United States. Countless slaughterhouses, chicken farms, and other meat producers have been found guilty of harming animals and killing them inhumanely. This is something that clearly needs to change.

Close your eyes and step into the world of an individual. You are born into a world where nights and days are never constant (attention getter). You are fed three to five times a day, but no one is there to nurture you. Not even the numerous others crammed into your living space. You grow frantic, scared, and sickly. Now open your eyes, to reality. What I have just described is one of America’s worst ghettos. You know this individual who is trapped in this environment. He is your breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is the meat you eat . Today’s farms not only abuse their animals they also produce harmful diseases and environmental hazards that affect each and every one of us, regardless of whether you consume animal products or not. The U.S. government should ban factory farms and require the meat industry to raise animals in their natural environments (preview of points and statement of purpose).

Third of all, fast food companies exploit animals. It is horrible what fast food companies will do to an animal. They take a beef cow to be slaughtered when it is at a good size, and they will slaughter a dairy cow when it is not producing enough milk(“Animal”). Cows should get to live longer than that. According to Michigan State University, “…some [slaughter houses] process up to 400 cattle per hour, a speed which is nearly impossible to guarantee each is slaughtered within the regulation (“Animal”). This means that these cows aren’t even being slaughtered how they are supposed to. “About 98 percent of chickens used in egg production