TIME magazine just published an article titled “The Morality of Mealtime” with a subtitle that reads “How sustainable can the food movement be if it still celebrates meat eating, however humanely and carefully farm animals are treated?”

Some gems from the article:

“CAFOs, [aka Factory Farms] which can hold thousands of pigs, cattle or chicken in tight conditions, have come under attack by environmentalists for the damage they can do to the environment, producing vast amounts of waste in the form of manure. Packing in all those animals in small spaces also keeps costs down, one of the ways the food industry has been able to make meat ever cheaper — with the result that Americans now eat more than 200 lb. (90 kg) of meat a year, not always to the benefit of their health.”

That’s more meat consumption than in any time in history. Americans are eating themselves and the planet to death – literally.

The article also reminds us that:

“most Americans have lived in a state of willful ignorance about where their food comes from and what it really costs.”

and

“I think our relationship with farm animals is fundamentally one of exploitation,” [Gene] Baur says. “It’s about whether we respect them or not.”

Read the whole thing here: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2062252,00.html#ixzz1I8YGSl4c

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