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...around $5 - a bargain, given that the meal contains nearly 1,200 calories, more than half the daily recommended requirement for adults. "Taxpayer subsidies basically underwrite cheap grain, and that's what the factory-farming system for meat is entirely dependent on," says Gurian-Sherman. (See the 10 worst fast food meals...
...concentrated-animal feeding operations (CAFOs), which are every bit as industrial as they sound. In CAFOs, large numbers of animals - 1,000 or more in the case of cattle and tens of thousands for chicken and pigs - are kept in close, concentrated conditions and fattened up for slaughter as fast as possible, contributing to efficiencies of scale and thus lower prices. But animals aren't widgets with legs. They're living creatures, and there are consequences to packing them in prison-like conditions. For instance: Where does all that manure...
Other examples include the Mexican-fast-food chain Chipotle, which now sources its pork from Niman Ranch and gets its other meats and much of its beans from natural and organic sources. It's part of a commitment that Chipotle founder Steve Ells made years ago, not just because sustainable ingredients were better for the planet but because they tasted better too - a philosophy he calls Food with Integrity. It's not cheap for Chipotle - food makes up more than 32% of its costs, the highest in the fast-food industry. But to Ells, the taste more than compensates...
Even though you won’t be declaring your concentration (or what every other normal college in the nation calls a “major”) until your sophomore fall, many of you are undoubtedly already uneasy about your nebulous academic futures. Sure, a bunch of you, fast-tracking your way to medical school, might be resolute in concentrating in some kind of biology. Some of you might guiltily enter Harvard’s gates feeling obligated to honor the impossible applied math-physics-philosophy triple major you put on your college application. But many of you probably...
...B.Good may not be “real” or “fast,” but it is, in fact, food. So you will probably go at some point...