Omnivore

Shelley Mazoue’ The Potbellied Pig is just as good a pet as a dog, they're known to be one of the smartest animals to train in your home. Since the potbellied pig is smart and very trainable owning a own pig as a pet can be a wonderful experience. As the potbellied pig has become more popular as a pet, so has the information to care for him/her. Pigs have a lot of good qualities, which makes them very good pets. Pigs are very intelligent and learn right from wrong very quickly. Pigs are just

On a beautiful Saturday morning on a Kansas farm,which smelled strongly of manure and hay there was a massive commotion.What was the cause of the commotion you may ask, it was feeding time, the day where all the farm animals got fed corn and vegetables and occasionally decent people food such as pudding and Peter the pig’s favorite bread.Peter was a pig, he was a very bright pig too,all the farm animals thought pigs were greedy,foul smelling and easily manipulated,but of course it was not true.Even

Most people would look at my tall, slender frame of African American descent and assume what my most favorite food items are. The majority of people probably think that my daily meal consists of crispy fried chicken, collard greens, and to top it off would be an oven-baked sweet potato pie. Well, they have sadly mistaken because when it comes to food I sometimes tend to step out of the conventional image of my people. My favorite foods-pecan pie, spaghetti, sushi-accurately expresses my personality

Right or Wrong? When is the last time you really thought about where the meat you eat comes from? Animal farming has reached a whole new level of inhumane. Human beings have lost all compassion towards anything apart from themselves, and they are just getting worse and worse with little sign of improving. Large factory animal farming should be deemed illegal. The living conditions for these poor animals in these factory farms are disgusting. According to the article “Visualise Factory Farming”,

Donald Sutherland, who plays President Snow in The Hunger Games, is a ruthless ruler who shows the people from the districts no mercy. To him, they don’t really matter. He is in command of the annual hunger games and controls every aspect of it. The hunger games are a series of games that put competitors head to head from the twelve districts. Only one player survives; the other eleven are killed during the games. This whole shebang is simply put on to give the people in the capital a fun show to

Have you ever thought about how the meat on your plate ended up there? Was your Sunday roast treated with dignity and respect? Or was its Achilles heel slit before it was dragged through its own blood to end up having its throat cut while fully conscious? Fortunately, in Australia we can be confident that our meat has come from a place where the animal was treated right, however in other countries, this is not the case. I believe that there should be tougher restrictions on live animal exports. Live

Raccoons are renowned for finding their way into residential garbage cans, throwing debris all over the place in search of food and harassing pets. On a more grave level, they are recognized by the Center for Disease Control as being the most dangerous animal to have living in close proximity due to the release of Histoplasmosis spores in their excrement. This infectious fungus is known to cause bloody coughing, fevers and aches. Raccoons are also one of the largest known carriers of the rabies virus

It’s a simple shape with three points and equal sides that can easily be recognized by a kindergartener, but it’s labyrinth of content is rightfully one of the most perplexing problems for the American adult. Highly acclaimed, heavily insightful, and haltingly honest, The Omnivore's’ Dilemma by Michael Pollan, attempts to navigate us through the food chain—the Bermuda Triangle we encounter in our everyday lives. Pollan analyzes the origins and effects of three varying food chains that support the

Society has easily turned a blind eye towards the unspoken ways animals are treated in farming industries today. Have you ever wondered how the meat in your local supermarket was produced? In a world with a vast majority of meat consumers, the concept of how or where meat is being treated is commonly unknown, or ignored. The United States consumes the most meat per capita of any nation in the world. As of 2009, Americans have consumed almost 300 pounds of meat per person and the nations demand for

“You are what you eat”, if you eat well, you will be well. We grow up with these proverbs, but are we determine that? after I moved to America since last May it is difficult to find Halal food. when I say that I mean it is hard to make sure the meat or chicken will be healthy and your body will get a benefit from it. It is hard to know how this lamp or cow was treated. Are they killed peacefully and quickly without heart them? If you eat that meat you will get a lot of adrenaline hormone. I am thinking