This article is not pretty to read.
It is an eyes wide open look at one of the largest commercial hog producers in US. It just confirms for me the need to support smaller agricultural and farming interests and to spend our money wisely. Every time you choose to buy cheaply from a Smithfield or a Perdue you are choosing to support the giant machine. Look outside the box, know where your food comes from.
link via Michael Ruhlman
Just wanted to let you know that I read this article all the way through. Thank you so much for linking to it - I don't eat pork anyway but it was a great reminder to find a local farmer for chicken and eggs. I had no idea how bad the pig farms were before reading this.
Posted by: StotheL | January 12, 2007 at 03:04 PM
Haven't read the whole article yet, but am familiar with the topic. My wife and I are fortunate enough to get alot of our meat through a CSA program which makes it more affordable for us. Even just from the selfish viewpoint of flavor, small farm meat/free range, etc. tastes SO much better than that mass produced garbage. People don't seem to care though. We're all fat, dumb and happy...
Posted by: Doug | February 17, 2007 at 04:27 PM
Greetings. I work for a group of family farmers who raise Berkshire pork and own entirely the company that sells the pork nation-wide. Eden Natural is the only farmer-owned berkshire pork company with distribution throughout the United States. We are a small company with a very loyal following on both coasts and among many top U.S. chefs.
I invite you to check out our website to learn more. www.betterpork.com
Cheers,
Thomas
Posted by: Tom Rial | April 01, 2007 at 12:29 AM