Food # 8 - Industrial Food

Animal Cruelty
I think it is wrong how the animals are treated on these farms. They should not be tortured while becoming food. At least put them to sleep or something when their necks are slit and they get chopped up. It is bad enough how the animals are raised on these farms and the conditions they must survive in. When watching the video and seeing how the animals are treated and the way they look before going through the machines makes me not want to eat. I could not imagine being cramp up in a small space with other creatures surround me and never being able to fully stretch my legs before be killed in a terrible way. I prefer the way that the Muslims kill the animals. The animals are actually treated like they have brains and can think for themselves. I think that most of the food that Americans eat are raised on these types of farms. I eat food from mcdonalds and all the other fast food places and that food does come from these farms. I think that the farms are able to get away with this because a lot of people don't really care they think that animals don't have minds are just on earth for us humans to eat.

Pollan vs Colbert
I think that food is turning fake because there is usually a substitute food that is similar to the real food but isn't the real food. For example when they were talking about when the baby is given either breast milk or formula. I also agree with Pollan that chips and the food that isn't good for you is okay every once in a while. It gets really bad when the junk food is eaten everyday. I also agree with making your own food is the better way because you know exactly what is going into it. Many people don't really want to know what is in their food because they like how it taste and don't want to dislike it due to the ingredients.