Fast Food Nation

Yes Loki, I finally read it. ;)

I read the book Fast Food Nation. It is a searing vision into how the demand for fast food has not only influenced culture, but the quality of food in general. The chapters on meatpacking really got me. I was eating my raw cookie and reading about salmonella in eggs and chicken and poor sanitation practices in the large poultry plants. Good thing I bought cage-free organic. Whew. Back to business.....
I am a free market kind of gal, but granting the USDA more regulatory authority to prevent me from inadvertently consuming beef with shit (literally) in it seems like a top-notch plan.
Rant:
Somewhere along the line, livestock became a mere commodity and not living creatures. I am not a vegetarian by any means, but I believe that the conditions in which the animal is kept and the manner of its death should be humane and respectful of the relationship we have with them.
Grr.
I don't want to be serious much more tonight. :)