Lately the information I have learned about how farm animals
are treated, even ones that you would think are safe like “cage-free chickens,”
has been horrific. While I am not going
to go around burning down farms or protesting outside of grocery stores, I will
not be eating any food from these companies that treat animals in such a way.
For example: “cage-free” only has to be 3 square feet per
chicken and does not even have to be outdoor space! Also many egg distributors will go through
baby chicks like a child picking through legos.
What I mean by this is they take the day old chicks, pick them up by one
of their legs, check their sex, and then throw the females into a tub piling
them on top of one another to be used for egg laying. However, being a female is lucky in these
circumstances; the male chicks are thrown into a grinder to turn them into feed
for other animals, WHILE THEY ARE STILL ALIVE.
Now I am not going to go into all the details of how all
farm animals are treated, because it truly is stomach churning and tear
inducing. If you’d like to learn more, I
highly suggest the documentary Vegucated
that is on Netflix. This movie simply
follows the experience of 3 New Yorkers as they try to become vegan and what
they learn in the process.
Check out the website here: http://www.getvegucated.com/
On top of the cruelty aspect of meat and dairy farming, the
environmental benefits to becoming vegetarian or vegan are insane. For example, the CO2 emissions from meat animals is more than all modes of transportation! Don't believe me? Look here
By not using the animal farming industry, I am helping limit the amount of CO2 gases put out by these animals because they are not being raised for my benefit!
So, I have decided to become vegan to better my body (cellulite is in dairy!), refuse to support the poor conditions farm animals are given, and to make more sustainable decisions for the environment.
Speaking of the environment, I have started unplugging all things like lights and electronics while I am out of the house, turning off the air conditioner, walking more, and using tons of public transportation. All these things were pretty easy to do in DC and in Spain, but it is a lot harder to walk places in Harrisonburg and Bridgewater when most things are off the highway.
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