#9 And Now You Know

 

Have you ever taken a second to question where a majority of animal by-products come from? Have you ever questioned how those products get placed on the shelves of grocery markets? Taking a second to do a basic google search on how these products are produced would be beneficial, but since you are already here I will elaborate.

The industrialization of farming has been quite possibly the worst thing that has ever come to farming. 99% of farming products like meat, dairy, produce, etc come from these kinds of farms. Why is it so bad? They take cheaper routes to make their products and use methods that are inhumane to animals and just shy of being lethal to humans. Dairy farming is one of the most guilty productions of this. They are extremely inhumane to their cows by injecting them with drugs that make them overproduce milk than what they naturally produce. These drugs then make their way into the products we consume daily. Another way they hurt humans is because of the pollution and greenhouse gases they emit into the environment. The commentary in the comic above is short of being exaggerated. Producers are well aware of what they are doing and how it negatively affects communities, but they would rather profit than change. Surrounding communities around these farms face the pollution first hand because of just how much of their local resources are being contaminated from these factories. Though there is more detail than I am capable of informing more about, I felt the need for more people to at least become aware of this issue and perhaps think twice about where you are grocery shopping. At least now you are more aware of the issue than you were 10 minutes ago.