Food Processing: Raise the victims-harvest(kill & butcher) – process and package for delivery to your local grocer.
Watched a short promotional film intended to edify and instruct the public about that sector of the economy. Poultry and livestock farming is a process that eventually ends badly for the animals every time. If you have a pet, while remaining a meat eater, it can place you in a difficult position. A lover of a certain animal, yet one who devours others. I know it’s the tradition we were born into but surely questioning what we are doing to the planet and our fellow animals makes some sense does it not?
Our hunger for burgers, steaks, fried pork, pull pork and other delicious treats has created a massive corporate sector specializing in the raising and harvesting of these livestock around the world. I remember driving through the California Desert going over a hill to see nothing but cows as far as we could see. Stopping at the ranch/processing center we were told over a hundred thousand livestock and pigs were present there all intended to land upon your local restaurant or home dinner table.
These animals produce natural gases which place our ozone layer in peril, and since raising so many animals requires vast tracks of precious land those virgin forests in Brazil, the USA, Central America and Asia are threatened by illegal and legal corporate encroachment. Even the primitive peoples of Brazil and Central America are threatened with genocide by the criminal elements within and outside of governmental authority. All for some meat.
My family has tried non-meat foods, and using the plants at our disposal makes a lot of sense but damn most of the processed stuff offered tastes terrible. You’d think North American and EU suppliers of such non-meat products would learn something about making our meat alternative taste good and remain true to itself. Instead of pretending to make a non-meat burger that tastes like a meat burger, make a natural tasting unique meal at a lower price value. Soybeans made into sausage can taste like something other than pork, something uniquely delicious. Grocers and food processors simply try to fabricate and duplicate our present-day food items loading them all with various food dyes and additives we certainly do not need.
A meat burger has 4-5 components within it, while a non-meat burger has more than 10+ on average. It’s like comparing a cigarette from a hundred years ago to what people smoke today. Much more additives with increased costs too. Ever eaten an insect? Many do so in Asia, Africa and beyond. Processed insects will appear on your grocery shelf soon enough. We need to get the idea out of their heads that processing is necessary. Eat oh natural I say. The future will bring new forms of food to try. Hopefully, we will have the chance to enjoy this bonanza of food with transparency in front of us before the purchase. What is it, what does it consist of and where did it come from? Like buying a steak, but now you are looking at non-meat alternatives.
Steven Kaszab
Bradford, Ontario
