2017

Are You One With or Without Meat?

This is what actually

happens
This is what you see

DeVera Jovver
San Diego Unified School District
1/1/2017
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compact areas), later to gain weight to be

The Unforgivable Truth slaughtered for meat, which is then shipped

off to local food markets, then when you

I
cant believe you! You
dont even know it, BOOM its on the shelf
havent even heard of CAFOs
at your local grocery store for a low price.
nor SPOs? Well youre out of
Buying meat for a low price seems worth it,
your mind! Think of this question, Where
but theres more than meets the eye. Theres
do we acquire our food source from? This
many more secrets this situation holds. For
question is what many people want to know
example, Hudson states, Animals are
and Ive got an answer to this question. Its
slaughtered for our diet, but there's
CAFOs! What? You dont know what
numerous ways of changing our die that
CAFOs are? Let me
doesn't involve an
explain, CAFOs is short
animals meat.
for Concentrated
(Hudson,
Animal Feeding
2006). This shows
Operations. Its an
how animals
organization that takes
involved with these
in animals, and place Figure 1 shows how compact these animals are in these
small spaces operations are
them in compact areas
consistently being slaughtered for our diet.
to be provided (Meaning the animals are
Meat is the number one food source we take
placed in a spot to be fed until their
in for granted, other foods that are healthy or
satisfactory for slaughteration), Figure 1 is a
non-meat involvement such as broccoli,
good representation of when the animals are
carrots, etc, can be another way us humans
provided food in their cramped in their
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can change our eating habits. This could a compliance about this situation. and The

benefit our population and other animal waste of animals seeps into the soil

populations this being harmed.

Nearby residents are being affected because of the
Advantages and Disadvantages
animals waste of chemicals and odors in which the
Pros are good, but there isnt
residents tell the city and make a compliance about
enough of them. One advantage that this
this situation. and The waste of animals seeps
operation brings is that they sell stocks of
into the soil contaminating the river.
meat for a low price. On the cons side the
(Hudson, 2006).
stench of animal waste affects many
-Repps Hudson

residents and contributes to air and water contaminating the river.

pollution. Residents that live near these (Hudson, 2006). By looking at that quote

Figure 3 shows the animals waste contaminating water ways,

operations experience tragic disturbances

due to the deceiving smell of these animals you can clearly indicate that Hudson is

in these operations or farms. Repps Hudson trying to provide the type of cons these

states in an article he wrote Nearby operations bring to this society. There are

residents are many ways this

being affected solution, but

because of the some people

animals waste of don't advise

chemicals and doing it because

odors in which of how scared

the residents tell they are, since

the city and make Figure 2: Shows the segregating waste of animals that supposedly harm the they could be
environment surrounding.
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countered in court if they actually tried operations instead of letting them deal with

exposing their situation. This is why many it himself since they're the ones whos no

residents don't stand up for what they need cleaning up their operations.

to accomplish in order to balance out the Personal Perspective

impact it has on the surrounding area or the

area its affecting. Waterways is another

important idea of this concept due to the fact

it contaminates their water source, and if

that water source is affected in some way

residents could be severely harmed by this

jurisdiction. ( Its worth a try to file a

Figure 5 shows what could affect our meat and
surroundings
complaint
I believe that CAFOs should be

limited at a certain expense. Meaning the

operations should have more strict rules

Figure 3 Compliant form used to show the support in this

situation

And try looking for a beneficial solution to

Figure 4 Compliments the idea of constructing rules
make sure no one compelled in this mix up
against this. For example factories should
gets harmed but such little thing.) Cleaning
be move further away from civilization since
the animal's waste is a beneficial solution
they create monstrosities, like contaminated
but people doing this is just helping the
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rivers, air pollution, waste on land, etc. Also contaminating it while also contaminating

they can try and exterminate these mammals the air with their waste. This shows how

less frequently due to the fact we have a this operation, or farm as you can say is

wide variety of other eating habits. We dont basically designed to have a more negative

need to rely on these animals meat to impact than a positive one. This is where we

prosper. There more cons to this situation. should make a change in this world be

When focusing on the environment just like having well habits and by trying to make

Repps Hudson stated The waste of animals these operations a cleaner place than filthy

in these operations flood into the water miserable farm.

Figure 6 shows various means that convert into our daily diet
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References

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Hopey, D. (2015, 29 Jan). Suits take aim at factory farm air pollution. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Hudson, R. (2006, 16 Apr). Smell of battle is in air. St.Louis Post-Dispatch (St.Louis, MO)

Retrieved from http://sks.sirs.com

Nierenberg, D. (2001, Toxic fertility. World Watch, , 30-38. Retrieved from http://sks.sirs.com