WRT 101 – Final Research Paper 29 April 2012 Bullying and it’s relation to the tactics of the Food Industry Bullying‚ as we know it in society today‚ directly correlates to the Food Industry’s business strategy and special agenda; these tactics that they use tend to have detrimental effects on certain aspects within the Food Industry and Agribusiness alike. This all begins with the economic policy which is motivated by their interest in only profit and lack of concern for any other factors
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The United States is a meat eating nation. According to Melanie Joy‚ the author of Why we Love Dogs‚ Eat Pigs‚ and Wear Cows‚ the average American eats 223 pounds of meat each year including 87 pounds of chicken‚ 17 pounds of turkey‚ 66 pounds of beef and 51 pounds of pork (37). If you multiply that by the 300 million citizens of the United States it equals a lot of meat and a lot of animals. The business behind the slaughter of these billions of animals is kept well hidden‚ but it needs to be brought
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creates great stress to the animals. One farmer who “stopped using antibiotics saved $12‚000 a year (Weeks‚ 2007).” According to an article from Food and Water Watch‚ seventy “percent of all antimicrobials used in the United States are fed to livestock…25 million pounds…annually‚ more than 8 times the amount used to treat disease in humans (Food safety‚ 2007).” Without the use of antibiotics and without
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“Don’t forget to set the pack down on their back gently‚ so you don’t spook your llama‚” This was parting advice from a judge at one of the Alpaca Llama Show Association I attended in my youth. Growing up I raised and showed a variety of animals including dairy goats‚ silkie chickens‚ and ducks as well as llamas and alpacas.. For my county fair I raised chickens‚ ducks‚ and goats. These were year long projects; picking a couple of my best stock from each species and working with and grooming them
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Abstract The genus Opuntia belongs to the Cactaceae family and includes a range of species from 75 to 250 originated in North and South America. Several Opuntia species are used as forage and fodder for livestock in arid areas of the world‚ and their cultivation is drastically increasing. However the taxonomic classification of these species is complicated by the unavailability of adequate morphological descriptors‚ the high level of phenotypic plasticity‚ the occurrence of polyploidy and the frequency
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There is More to Your Burger Than Meats The Eye: Cattle Ranching and It’s Increasing Affect on Deforestation One may not look at the hamburger in their hands and automatically think‚ “What was done to our environment in order to make this delicious piece of meat?” but it really is a question that any meat consumer should consider. Believe it or not‚ eating that one hamburger indirectly causes the rate of deforestation to increase every single day! It actually is quite simple
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Research Proposal Beef – It’s what’s for Dinner The USDA statics sheet shows that in 2010 the United States consumed 26.4 billion pounds of beef (“U.S. Beef”). This consumption enhanced the retail value of the beef industry to seventy-four billion dollars. Now the billions of people who made up these statics have no clue what Certified Angus Beef (CAB) or Laura’s Lean Beef are or even mean. Furthermore terminology used on menus‚ such as CAB‚ Laura’s Lean‚ prime‚ choice‚ yield grade‚ marbling
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When you sit down for a nice dinner with your family‚ do you consider where your food is from? Do you imagine a sprawling farm with lush green grass and animals frolicking in the sunshine? Unfortunately‚ this isn’t the case. Instead of sunny spaces with rolling hills‚ our modern farms are dirty‚ confined areas‚ rife with suffering and pain. "Today‚ most Americans get their meat‚ milk‚ and eggs from highly productive‚ anonymous animal factories located hundreds or thousands of miles away from their
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Animal Cruelty in American Agriculture Avoidable cruelty and unnecessary abuse of factory farmed animals is a crisis epidemic in the United States which warrants immediate action. In every country‚ “large numbers of factory farmed livestock are raised indoors in conditions intended to maximize production at minimal cost” (Merriam-Webster). Cows‚ pigs‚ chickens‚ sheep‚ horses‚ other animals‚ and fish are treated as dollar signs rather than living beings‚ around the globe. While there are several
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facts to be explored and through these resources one can develop the opinion whether or not these actions are right or wrong. Factory farming is something that has evolved over time. Without the advancements in medicine there would be no way our livestock would end up like this. CAFO is known for specializing in the raising of domestic pigs to be slaughtered when they have reached the proper weight. This system of pig production‚ grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing or sheds. Pregnant pigs
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