1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogglensmithhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/glen-smith/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IPYPBV8kyW"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/cannibal-planet/">cannibal planet</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/cannibal-planet/embed/#?secret=IPYPBV8kyW" width="600" height="338" title="“cannibal planet” — HappyCow" data-secret="IPYPBV8kyW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/its-too-easy.jpg600180I am convinced that were it not for the convenience and the distance afforded by the myriad available venues from which we purchase all manner of of consumer goods, we would see some changes in our shopping lists. It’s so easy to buy things without the vaguest idea of the real story preceding their arrival in the marketplace. In many cases, perhaps most, the supply-chain history would be of little interest, let alone sufficiently disagreeable to prove a “deal breaker”. In some cases, however, I believe that many people would find the real story very disturbing, indeed. If fully aware of the process by which the lamb chop, pork chop, veal or steak has arrived at the grocery store, where we find it, neatly packaged and covered with plastic, or the bacon cheeseburger at the fast food restaurant, some people, I expect, would find these items at least a little less appetizing. This “process”, by which these “products” are made available, is actually a truly heart-breaking story of birth, confinement, suffering, terror, and finally, premature death by unnatural causes (slaughter). Still, no doubt, many who might find this story unpleasant will find a way to forget it.. …just not think […]