Please make sure to visit The Local Cook blog today to read my guest post about the effects of our industrial food system on our nation’s farm workers. My research for this post was extremely eye-opening. I rant and rave about the animal abuse in our food system, but I now realize that the human abuse is just as awful.
We never consider the blood, sweat, and tears shed to put food on our plate (and believe me, there is a lot), but we must begin to view this as an ingredient in our meals. The exploitation and mistreatment of these people, who are in inherently dangerous jobs, is unacceptable.
To take a stance against this abuse, buy from local, humane sources. Use the Local Harvest website to find farmers’ markets and family farms in your area.
Again, you’ll find my guest post here.
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Wendy (The Local Cook) says:
Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 11:01 am (UTC -5)
Thank you for an excellent post, Angie. It really made me think, and I’m becoming more and more convinced that I need to avoid factory farmed meat as much as possible.
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caitlin says:
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 10:20 pm (UTC -5)
I had no idea how bad factory farms are for the laborers. And the poop stuff was DISGUSTING!!
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