wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/
It's North Carolina, of course there is
Kind of a cool map thingy.
Quote : | "The more than 12 million broiler chickens on factory farms in Wilkes County, North Carolina produce as much untreated manure as the sewage from the Riverside, California metro area." |
[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 4:55 PM. Reason : a]11/30/2010 4:53:07 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
I don't want my food being coddled. 11/30/2010 4:58:29 PM |
qntmfred retired 40598 Posts user info edit post |
site is slow as hell
i can get an 8 piece chicken nuggets at Chick-fil-A faster than that site comes up 11/30/2010 4:59:58 PM |
mdozer73 All American 8005 Posts user info edit post |
how do you propose we provide the grocery stores and restaurants with chicken, pork, or beef that is affordable without something of this nature? 11/30/2010 5:10:10 PM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
damn now i want some ChikFilA 11/30/2010 5:11:04 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
the Riverside, California area... what an odd comparison. That would be like being in California and using a "the Wilmington, NC area" comparison
[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM. Reason : d] 11/30/2010 5:14:25 PM |
craptastic All American 6115 Posts user info edit post |
It's more likely than you think 11/30/2010 5:21:10 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Yeah something tells me the creator of this map is from California
Quote : | "how do you propose we provide the grocery stores and restaurants with chicken, pork, or beef that is affordable without something of this nature?" |
Personally I don't mind paying more money for meat that didn't wallow in its own feces and contaminate its surroundings during its short life. After working at a factory farm for awhile it just makes me thinking about it.11/30/2010 5:31:10 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
And most of that manure gets scattered on fields where they grow more stuff for you 11/30/2010 5:31:12 PM |
craptastic All American 6115 Posts user info edit post |
Nothing like the smell of 50 acres of freshly spread manure 11/30/2010 5:33:00 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
If it doesn't make it into the waterways or into your processed meat first Y'all don't remember the epic hog waste spills of the 90s?
I will say, NC seems to have gotten their shit together a lot more than other states since then. 11/30/2010 5:33:47 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
^^to me it smell like money to me
<--proud grandson of a commercial chicken farmer 11/30/2010 5:42:38 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Personally I don't mind paying more money for meat that didn't wallow in its own feces and contaminate its surroundings during its short life" |
so what you're saying is you only eat beef?11/30/2010 5:48:20 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
I don't give a fuck. I love cheap, good tasting food. 11/30/2010 5:51:15 PM |
eleusis All American 24527 Posts user info edit post |
I like for my bacon to already be tenderized by all the other pigs they stacked in the same pen. 11/30/2010 5:52:57 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ Beef and poultry mostly. If I buy pork I usually get it from Well's. They got some happy piggies on that farm
[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 5:54 PM. Reason : a] 11/30/2010 5:54:03 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
So it's a farm and slaughterhouse all in one? 11/30/2010 6:07:11 PM |
mdozer73 All American 8005 Posts user info edit post |
Would you be willing to pay double or triple for chicken if it meant more "humane" conditions in raising them? Or would you rather people go back to raising their own hogs and chickens for their consumption? 11/30/2010 6:08:13 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
Option 2 would be awesome 11/30/2010 6:14:37 PM |
khcadwal All American 35165 Posts user info edit post |
i'm fine with option 1 and 2. i don't mind paying for more humane conditions which typically means healthier, less processed (hormone injected) meat. but i also am down for people raising their own chickens and pigs for their own consumption.
its whatev, really. i'm all for both.
[Edited on November 30, 2010 at 6:19 PM. Reason : .] 11/30/2010 6:18:54 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
^ Same. If I had the resources I would happily raise my own meat.
There's a guy down the street from my parents that raises chickens and sells the eggs whenever he has extra. Best tasting eggs in all of Wake County imo.
My grandma raises chickens that lay greenish-blue eggs 12/1/2010 9:58:45 AM |
wlb420 All American 9053 Posts user info edit post |
There's quite the strong smell from the chicken houses all around the outskirts of wilkesboro, and quite a few chicken processing plants in the city. Chicken is probably the largest source of jobs in that area...That or Lowes 12/1/2010 10:36:04 AM |