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...least that’s what the meat, egg, and dairy industries want us to believe. Once we have the capacity to examine and question the status quo, we owe it to ourselves—and the animals we’re eating—to uncover the truth behind modern-day industrial agriculture and what affects our purchasing decisions have. The unfortunate reality we must face is that animals raised for food in factory farms suffer immensely for almost the entirety of their lives...
...Egg-laying hens are arguably the most mistreated animals in modern agribusiness. In the United States, 300 million hens—nearly one for every American—are intensively confined in “battery cages,” which are filing cabinet-sized, barren metal cages so small the birds cannot even spread their wings, let alone engage in other natural behaviors such as nesting, foraging, perching, or even walking. Millions of male chicks are killed annually because they are unable to lay eggs and are different breeds from chickens raised for meat. Right after birth, they...
It’s uncomfortably obvious that the meat, egg, and dairy industries treat animals as inanimate machines without regard for their welfare. The abuses farm animals suffer are so egregious that if dogs and cats were treated similarly, the perpetrators could be charged with animal cruelty. All of these animals can feel pain and suffering. The only difference is that some are regarded as pets, while others are seen as breakfast, lunch, or dinner...
...like atmosphere of this bakery is depressingly modern, the history of the tarts goes all the way back to the Middle Ages. When noble families sent their daughters off to the Church to become nuns, they paid their dowries in chickens. The chickens eventually went into casseroles while the egg whites were used to starch habits, but the egg yolks remained unused—until resourceful nuns realized the value of selling these sinful little desserts, which contain about three egg yolks apiece. Never has gluttony been so virtuous...
...Wynhausen is at her wry best recounting the exhausting and mind-numbing work at a rural egg-packing plant, where she contends with fast-moving eggs and machinery as if she were doing battle. In a "grim, rancorous atmosphere," she and her co-workers sort, stack and pack about 47,000 dozen eggs a day, in busy periods working 10 hours a day, six days a week. By the time she has paid for rent, food, petrol and newspapers, she has $A7 left for the week...