1 post from day 25/09/2009

Why Does This Pig Have No Tail?

This post is from a series of blogs related to Matthew Scully’s book, Dominion*. In the chapter called "Deliver Me From my Necessities," Scully shows the ugly under belly of America's supply and demand system. In other words, we're driving this car.Meat gets processed the way it does to meet the expectations of the public.  Here are a few points that underline his thesis:Raising/slaughtering practices are driven by the customer, who expect all meat to have the same appearance, size ...

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