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Roam on The Range |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Roam on The Range "Tyson was one of the nation's leading chicken processors, and it soon developed a new breed of chicken to facilitate the production of McNuggets. Dubbed 'Mr. McDonald,' the new breed had unusually large breasts."...Fast Food Nation"...by Eric Schlosser, page 140. The birds have been engineered to grow faster, to grow fatter. "The chicken grower provides the land, the labor, the poultry houses, and the fuel. Most growers must borrow money to build the houses, which cost about $150,000 each and hold about 25,000 birds...Fast Food Nation, page 141. The cows placed in feed lots to fatten up before the slaughter. "To supply the beef slaughterhouse, Con Agra operates a pair of enormous feedlots. Each of them can hold up to one hundred thousand head of cattle. At times the animals are crowded so closely together it looks like a sea of cattle, a mooing, moving mass of brown and white fur that goes on for acres."...Fast Food Nation, page 150. I miss the days when chickens were allowed to roam free, grow at their own pace. "Today Chicken McNuggets are wildly popular among young children-and contain twice as much fat per ounce as a hamburger."...Fast Food Nation, pg. 140. I miss the days when cows were free to graze eating a natural diet of grass and hay. "These cattle doen't eat blue grama and buffalo grass of the prairie. During the three months before slaughter, they eat grain dumped into long concrete troughs, that resemble highway dividers. The grain fattens the cattle quickly, aided by the anabolic steroids implanted in their ear."...Fast Food Nation, page 150. JamesLee 23September 2009 |
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GBride Senior Member
since 2009-07-02
Posts 538 |
These facts are why I like granola and a banana. Thanks for the write. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Thanks for reading GBride...I'm trying to eat healthier now days...buying food at Whole Foods, they feature free-roaming chickens and range roaming cows, organic food and so forth...an interesting web site is MotherEarth.com...James |
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