Meat Blog 11/16

After reading the article “The Way of All Flesh”, by Ted Conover, I feel that it’s really upsetting and disgusting of what goes on in the meat packing/processing industry and I also feel like its corrupt with how the workers are to be responsible for buying their own work equipment, as the inspector “Herb” think it’s not fair how nothing was given to the workers, so he was nice enough to supply the workers with uniforms and other stuff. I also could just imagine on how the workers feel everyday working in the meat industry and the stuff they have to deal with and go through, but I feel the author switching to vegan in the end of the article was a good choice for him as I could just imagine how traumatizing it can be for someone working in a meat industry for a while and people’s appetites and choices towards food can change really quickly after certain experiences or work related experiences. As for someone who does not eat beef that often, I feel after reading this article I might not want to consider eating beef again in the future as it made me feel grossed out from reading what goes on and how the whole processing works and also as I’ve had a few bad experiences from beef in the past.

1 thought on “Meat Blog 11/16

  1. Michael Krondl

    I guess the question is: is meat meat. In other words if it were pigs on that assembly line, would you feel any different. That said the worker rights issue is huge. Many are immigrants (documented and not) who are earning a pretty meager salary given the kind of work they’re doing (average is $17/hour).

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