Oh why did I read this :barf:

yikes!--a few people at FE would likely find this great...I was regarded as a nuty nut for wanting organic and clean animals and food...some actually told me mass produced food is good and ignored the antibiotics,hormones,etc......

The only benefit of mass-produced food is that it reduces starvation.  The negatives - abuse of animals, immoral behavior, toxins, etc. are because immoral people are doing it - people who only see $'s, not an opportunity to benefit humanity.

Some chemicals, such as antibiotics to cure livestock of a disease make sense, dumping mass amounts in their feed to prevent disease and putting humans at risk does not.  It also is stupid because it creates resistant strains of the diseases.

I don't think the problem is mass-producing food as much as who is doing it, how they are doing it, and this is rooted in their motivation: money.

Well, it wouldn't be bad to eat meat from animals that aren't virtually factory produced, like every meat we typically consume now is. A cow grown on someone's private farm, raised in a natural way, I'm sure would be very good for us to eat.

What they're doing already to get meat to us is disgusting. Still, we have to eat. Some people cannot make it on veggies alone, either. Myself, if I do not eat meat during the day at least once, I feel horrible, like I've been eating fake food and it's not working. I have the urge to keep eating and eating, because my body is simply not satisfied without it.

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