Improving the environment starts with us

Noah 2022-04-20 09:02:00

Ken often said that chickens in the United States are bigger and fatter than those in China. It's expensive to eat beef in China, and it's super cheap to buy a ribeye steak in the United States.
I am often amazed at the abundance of American food when I wander the wal-mart late at night. So many chips, so much bread, so much meat. And the greens all look clean, fresh, and brightly colored. When I was intoxicated by the cheap supermarkets and abundance of capitalism, I had absolutely no idea where these dazzling arrays of goods came from. As I didn't know Coca-Cola had cornmeal ingredients in it.
Seeing those chickens so fat that they couldn't stand up, and watching so many chickens crowded into a farm, I contacted those fried chickens in McDonald's and people who were eating chicken with their mouths full of oil. So disgusting.
Watching those ground beef come out of the meat grinder like shit makes me really sad for us. Usually I like to buy these ground beef to make eggplant pot. Who would have thought that these pigs, cows, etc. were slaughtered, and those Mexican laborers kept digging their guts. . . . . .
We should change our way of life. Eat less meat, buy more organic food, and eat less of those snacks. We can correct this sick industry at its source.
As Chinese, I think we are lucky. At least our food industry has not developed to the extent of the United States. Although we eat 5 kilograms of pesticides a year, at least we still have the so-called meat market, at least our things are fresher.
Improving the environment should start with us.

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  • Title card: SB-63 passed the State Legislature. But Governor Schwarzenegger then vetoed it.

    Eric Schlosser: These companies fight, tooth and nail, against labeling. The fast food industry fought against giving you the calorie information. They fought against telling you if there is trans-fat in your food. The meat packing idustry for years prevented country-of-origin labeling. They fought not to label genetically modified foods; and now 70% of processed food in the supermarket has some genetically modified ingredient.

  • Eric Schlosser: These companies have legions of attorneys. And they may sue, even if they know they can't win, just to send a message.