Before reading this book I was a meat eater that did not
think for second about where my food came from or how the animals were treated
before they were slaughtered. I never really made the connection in my mind
that the hamburger I ate was once a cow or the bacon I had for breakfast was
once a pig that was abused before slaughter. This chapter really opened my eyes
to the injustice that is done to animals on a daily basis at factory farms. My
favorite part of the chapter was the mention that Chipotle got about being
really the only nationwide restaurant chain that does not get its pork from
factory farms. That being said, I really don't see me changing my eating
habits, at the end of the day I am going to continue to eat meat but it will be
will more awareness of the situation. One thing however did change, and that is
I now have another reason to enjoy Chipotle. Before, eating Chipotle was a
struggle between it tasting so good and it being a little expensive; but now I
can justify eating Chipotle more often because I will be doing a great service
to traditional hog farmers and not using pork from factory farmers at the same
time. Safran Foer is a fantastic persuasive writer and he is not afraid to talk
about facts that others want to ignore.
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