Commentary: Christianity Calls for Ethical Meat-Eating
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This article, posted online a few weeks prior, discusses the ethics of eating meat, but in a particular mindset. This article discusses how Christians, with ideals framed by the teachings of Jesus Christ, are supposed to view eating meat. The article tells us that not only is meat eating unhealthy for us, but the carbon footprint of producing meat is astronomical. Also, it uses statistics mirroring those presented by the Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change, including how eating red and processed meats increases the rate of heart disease, and how producing meat leads to more greenhouse gas emissions than the entirety of transportation. But this article goes further in its ethical dilemma analysis by insisting that Christians, in accordance with God's law, do not need to eat meat. Christians, who have the duty of protecting God's greatest gift, the Earth, need be environmentally conscious and, most importantly, animal friendly. In the book of Genesis, God creates animals because "man should not be alone" not because man needs to be fed. The author argues that men should be more like St. Francis of Assisi, the greatest animal lover of all. This article hits the head on the nail of the topics we have been discussing throughout the year, not only meat eating ethics. The article even starts out by stating "most of us are totally disconnected from the process of food production". The article also goes on to discuss the fact that large company farms produce our meat now and that these animals live awful, often torturous lives.
While this article presents a very biased opinion (religion), it shows a different aspect of eating meat ethically, and one that should be considered, even if only by Christians. |
Hundred Mile Banquet Supports Local Food and Farms
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The Colonel's Real Secret of KFC's Success
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HungerU Teaches Students about Global Hunger, Agriculture
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- Talia Richman
The News in Food - Hunger/Malnutrition A link to the article can be found below |
- Gosia Wozniacka
The News in Food - Migrant Farming A link to the article can be found below |
Farmers Face Labor Shortages as Workers Find Other Jobs
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-This article describes a Toledo-Based food company, the Center for Innovation in Food Technology, which works to develop new food products. The company works on new and interesting products, such as boneless ribs and caffeinated water. The company, much like many of the companies discussed so far in class, such as Kellogg's and Kraft, has worked to extend the shelf life of their food products to help with distribution of the product. CEO Dave Beck even discusses heat-treating foods as to kill germs and bacteria, a near-identifcal process to the one used by Kraft as described by Pandora's Lunchbox. This article also shows how not all industrial and processed foods are manufactured by the large multi-national corporations but can also be more locally manufactured by smaller companies, such as the one in Ohio. Indeed Karin Connelly's article shows a different side to many of the issues discussed in class so far, including heat-treating foods, preserving foods for shipping and storing, and the business aspects of lower prices of foods while maintaining quality. |
Ohio's Food Industry Serves Up Innovation
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