I find that the more I read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, the more I have learned to like it because I actually feel like I am learning something, specifically what foods are the best to eat. The chapter on chicken slaughter was no exception. As grueling as it was to read because of some of the details made my stomach churn, I learned how much of a difference it makes when meat is sold directly from farmer to consumer. I was fascinated by the fact that Polyface farms does all of their chicken slaughtering in an open-air shelter, unlike the many farms that ship their chickens off to be slaughtered behind unsanitary industrial walls where mad cow disease and E. Coli run rampant. How great the assurance to Polyface consumers must be to know exactly how their chickens are slaughtered. I can easily understand why they would want to pay more or even drive 150 miles one way to buy meat they can trust.
I know if there was a farm like Polyface at my convenience, I would readily hand over the extra cash to not only support a local farm, but rest at peace knowing that my meat is as pure as it gets. I can’t wait to see the growth of this type of farming in the future, and I truly believe that popular supermarket meat brands like Tyson will continue to steadily lose business as America discovers just how good getting meat in an alternative way can be.
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I would love to think the same thing; that America will move towards organic foods and shut out the big industrial companies who are making our food less and less out of actual food. I am personally sick of eating fruit chews and big industrial foods because they are really not even food at all, just weird man made substances. I agree, I would readily support a local organic farm that I can trust.
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