The fight over transparency in the meat industry
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#3What's really interesting is that slaughterhouses are major users of H1B visas.
Re: The fight over transparency in the meat industry
#4What's really interesting is that slaughterhouses are major users of H1B visas.
Oh man, this sounds like a plot device in a horror movie.
Re: The fight over transparency in the meat industry
#5What's really interesting is that slaughterhouses are major users of H1B visas.
Trust HN to find a way to make animal suffering all about their career prospects...
Re: The fight over transparency in the meat industry
#6What's really interesting is that slaughterhouses are major users of H1B visas.
Interesting! Do you know of an open data source for that information?
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#7With uBlock enabled some script that removed the semi-transparent white overlay doesn't get loaded, so the article presents as faded and hard to read.
I mention this to help people figure out what's going on, and let people that see it make an informed decision whether to visit, not to start a discussion on the merits of this practice.
Please, that discussion has been done to death. People have very strong convictions, strongly held, which is not a recipe for a useful discussion.
Re: The fight over transparency in the meat industry
#8With uBlock enabled some script that removed the semi-transparent white overlay doesn't get loaded, so the article presents as faded and hard to read. I mention this to help people figure out what's going on, and let people that see it make an informed decision whether to visit, not to start a discussion on the merits of this practice. Please , that discussion has been done to death. People have very strong convictio…
Re: uBlock problem: you need to allow the nyt.com domain, then it works fine.
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#10As I mentioned in another thread, I live on a farm.
(I hack Ruby and C++ as a day job, the farm is just a hobby).
One major reason for doing so is animal welfare. I'm a meat eater and will staunchly defend it...but factory farming is terrible.
At this point we get most of our meat from our own pastures: chicken, goat, lamb, pork.
It's much more expensive than buying factory farmed meat, and even more expensive (in labor, if not dollars) than shopping at Whole Foods. It is wonderful, however, to not merely know that the animals are being treated well, but to watch them every day, enjoying their animal lives: chickens pecking at the pumpkins and squash we grow and feed them, pigs rolling around and enjoying themselves in the mud, sheep chewing contentedly in the pasture. And, of course, at the end of the season, when it's time to turn living creatures into meat, doing it yourself ensures that it's done well, and with minimal stress and pain.
This lifestyle isn't for everyone, but for those who are interested in it, it's becoming more and more possible because of remote work (and soon, driverless cars).
Pictures of processing one of three 500+ lb pork carcasses below:
https://goo.gl/photos/6rzXQXL23esitdh76
https://goo.gl/photos/gZqXZ2ENXfNZv9xL9
(Btw, I'm in civilization, on a client site, today. I packed my lunch, as I always do. It was pulled pork and home-made cole slaw. The pork came from that very critter in the above photos.)
If anyone has any questions about the farm life, feel free to email me. My user name @ my user name . com