In this final post to this blog I will be discussing my
overall perspective of the industrial food system in America, and some key
facts that I believe shouldn’t be forgotten or kept in the dark after this
course is over. Today’s food industry is made up of giant corporations in close
ties with the higher powers that are very destructive to the environment,
people, and animals. They produce a massive amount of unclean and unhealthy
meat to the country, and are only concerned about self-profit. These organizations
also own factories, which burn a lot of the earth’s natural resources and
produce enormous amounts of waste polluting land, water and air. Animal cruelty
has also been proven to be extremely common in the so-called farms the animals
are contained in, due to the large amount of stress levels the minimum wage illegal
employees are facing. Although the food industry is made up of purely negative
assets, which many people try to avoid any awareness of, I believe the most
important fact that people should really take into consideration is how
horrible food factories are for our environment and animals. As a ‘superior’
species humans are on this planet to help one another (including different
species) and to respect and conserve the only reason we are all here today.
Joining English 101 I was pretty aware of what was going on behind the food
industry but obviously not as involved. Studying this subject I have grown more
conscious of what I choose to consume. This class has also provided me with
facts to support my hypothesis of the greed behind food corporations. I believe
this is a subject that has been taken too lightly for too long, nothing is more
important then a healthy life in a healthy environment.
