Dirty Little Secrets

I feel downright disgusted after watching Food Inc. There are many shocking aspects of our modern food industry that need to be discussed, but my main concern is the fact that we as tax paying citizens are not protected by our government. I am infuriated that our government has allowed the food industry corruption to get this out of hand. Enormous factories in which both the animals and workers are abused have become our current reality. What used to be free-roaming livestock is now food in an assembly line. Huge corporations get away with these injustices because they keep consumers in the dark about what really occurs behind the veil over these factories. Would you eat a beef patty if you knew that the meat was a product of fifty different cows that stood ankle deep in their own manure? This practice is not only cruel treatment of animals, it is unsanitary and hazardous to meat consumers who don’t even realize it.

Disappointing is the sad truth that only one motive exists for these companies: money. Small, family run businesses have been replaced by profit-thirsty tycoons, and our own government endorses this. This is not to say I believe our government should run all business and capitalism should be crushed. I am a supporter of capitalism, but it must run honestly and transparently. As stated in Food Inc., if we put up glass walls around our current food industry, we would immediately have a different food system. Consumers would not stand for this sick, dirty business.