Why Don't You Just Eat Humans?

“There is this deliberate veil, this curtain that’s drawn between us and where our food is coming from. The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you’re eating because if you knew, you might not want to eat it.”

So the person I wrote about earlier (the one that inspired me to start blogging), her name is Nancy. She also inspired me to watch a documentary called "Food Incorporated". I wasn't sure what to expect from it. I guess I just assumed I'd learn about why raw foods are better than meat & dairy products. But instead, I learned more about the food industry in our country. My eyes were opened to the lack of knowledge we have about how our food is made & processed. I was shocked that I had never questioned certain things. What got to me more was the fact that most people still don't care about these issues.

Remember back to your history classes between 8th and 10th grade, where you learned about Upton Sinclair's The Jungle? Do you remember being disgusted back then? I do. It really got to me, because I remember seeing images that were so disturbing. This documentary was so honest about what happens legally when it comes to the food industry.

I guess there's not much I can say. I'm pretty biased since I've been a vegetarian all my life...but I still learned so much that bothered me. A 2 and a half year old boy named Kevin died because of a hamburger that had E-Coli. How did this E-Coli get there? The cows were all fed corn in order to make them fatter faster. This corn that is everywhere and in absolutely everything makes the chances of cows (and other animals) being contaminated by E-Coli to increase. Do you know how important corn is in America? It is used in absolutely everything because it's so cheap...it's in your batteries, it's in diapers, in all of your food. Isn't that weird? I think so.

And the slaughterhouses...have you really seen inside of a slaughterhouse? While watching the video, I imagined humans hanging upside down getting shoved around in order to kill them faster (cows). I imagined shoving humans fighting to live, and instead, getting shoved into tubular shapes to chop off their mouths (chickens). I imagined a machine pushing humans that were screaming and running around into a wall so that they could all die at once, instead of having to take out the effort to kill them individually (hogs). We're killing animals. Animals have feelings. Animals squeal in pain. Animals run away from humans. They feel pain, they fear things. They are so similar to humans. So why don't we just kill humans and eat them if we're so desperate for food?!!

Do I sound ridiculous? Yeah, well I think the meat industry is ridiculous. I think the corn industry is ridiculous. And on top of all of this slaughtering, human rights are taken away in the process. Listen to this. Illegal immigrants that have been working for meat industries for 15-20 years sent back to their country. How is this happening? The meat industry has deals with the immigration people, so that they don't lose production/profit. They are basically selling people to the immigration office on a daily. I understand that these illegal immigrants shouldn't be working in the country, but WHY aren't the people hiring them in the first place arrested?! Why do they just get away with it?!

I guess there's so much more that could be said about this, such as: why are some companies controlling everything? Why are the people leading in the food industry also leading in the regulatory departments? They shouldn't be doing that because they obviously will let everything slide. Why would they want to harm their own profits?! 

I have to go now, but I guess I just wanted to share that since I just finished the documentary. It's worth watching (on NetFlix or wherever you find it). Take our 1.5 hours to see it...it might change your life. Or not. But it's worth a try.

So long <3