Although the jury is out as to wether the swine flu will be an international epidemic, or just another case of media hysteria, one thing is certain: this flu came about from the unsanitary conditions of a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO).
If you needed a reason to start buying meat that is:
- Healthier
- Environmentally friendly
- Humane
- Doesn’t promote crazy viruses that kill people
THIS IS YOUR EXCUSE!
We been reducing food prices for decades at the expense of our safety. Doesn’t seem worth it when ~100 people have died, does it?
Edit: Just for clarification, this isn’t supposed to be swine flu fearmongering. I understand that pig eating meat does not spread the flu. However there STRONG INDICATIONS that this deadly flu was born in the unsanitary conditions of a Mexican CAFO. As consumers, we can vote with our dollar, and reducing the number of CAFO’s (by paying a little extra for responsibly raised meat) will go a long way towards minimizing the chances of this type of outbreak in the future.
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Your title threw me off at first… but I wholeheartedly agree…. safer food, not cheaper food…. and while there will always be media hysteria with each new virus that appears, we need to all be prepared with pandemic planning.
I just wrote a post about this too! Though it is scary- I am not buying into it because there is concern it’s all a conspiracy. However many have lost their lives and it does exist. All that aside, I do agree this is a problem caused by our meat industry!