Hey guys,
Today I am going to talk about a very controversial topic, global warming. I am currently watching cowspiracy. I honestly cant say I have watched a more dumb and uninformed show. They dont provide any actual research. Just information on how they feel the environment is being destroyed. Since there is no research shown, I dont know where they are getting their information.
The first couple episodes basically say, yes the transportation and energy industries are destroying the world. But the one area that isnt being talked about is the food industry. And they have said the food industry is more of a concern than the other two. They are calling for the end of farming animals for food..........
This is the dumbest idea ever. And it will never happen. What these people fail to understand is that we feed the world, the first world countries anyway. The only way we can do this is through selective breeding and mega farming. The worlds population has not stopped growing and wont anytime soon.
Unless we want to start committing genocide in the form of starvation, farming wont stop. I have worked on a farm for about 8 years. I can first hand tell you that the EPA is up our ass all times of the day. They monitor all waste from the cows, they mandate that it all has to be captured in a retention pond. They monitor wells, in a 5 mile radius, for elevated levels of nitrates. We get in trouble if these things get out of control.
The cows are also monitored by the government. I am not entirely sure who does this though. I know that a couple times a year a guy would come by and walk the barns to give cows a body score. This body score just shows that the cows are well taken care of, they are being properly fed, no warts are present, they arent diseased. A farm will be shutdown if they do not follow the regulations.
I have since stopped watching the show. I cant take the ignorance.
Last thing, They are talking about deforestation. I am not sure if they are talking about in the US, but any trees that are cut down for industrial use have to be replanted. Ignorance.
Hope this was interesting!
The Nuke Cow
it is definitely important to understand all of the different factors that play into issues like these - I really appreciated hearing your perspective as someone who has worked on a farm and interacted with the EPA, etc.
ReplyDeleteThis was an interesting read. I agree with you, the world is growing everyday and I doubt people will no longer need farms around. I agree with Scott, it was interesting to read your perspective on this.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of hate mongering and accusations being thrown but I agree, if there is a significant lack of data to back it up, it's garbage. Unfortunately, the more you say it, the more it will spread. Plus, when they do find that one bad apple, they'll take a million pictures and spread those like its a picture from every farm. I'm glad your farm experience taught you how it should be on the inside and I guess it's like the nuclear field where a lot of the same regulation and freakout backlash over any perceived problem. Thanks for your insight!
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