This has sat for awhile, but it's worthy of a response.
"Buying chickens from a local farm, where you can see the treatment, is better. It's better in every way."
That's true. That's why I raise my own.
"Your defense of Tyson is puzzling to me."
I am more defending the farmers that live within a 100 miles of me because I've seen their farms and know some of them.
Processing chickens is a bloody business. It's easy to duff off that responsibility to someone else, and easy to complain about how it's done. That's a lot easier that doing it.
Those chickens farmer neighbors of mine are not processing those chickens. They are selling chickens to Tyson.
Tyson chickens feed a huge number of people everyday, many of which are poor, and of the choices they have it's among the better ones.
The notion that I should sit at my desk and complain about Tyson while not actively pursuing what I believe to be a much better way to feed all those people just isn't one I can stand on.
I can agree that farmers and companies like Tyson should to their best to raise and process those chickens in the quickest and least painful way possible but I'm not going to demonize them. They feed a lot of people and that needs to be considered too.
So, the thing to do is work on better ways. You buy your chickens from local farmers. I raise my own and help others do the same by incubating eggs. I actually hatched a couple hundred chicken last year and kept around 30. I gave the rest away.
I won't be visiting "tysontorturesanimals.com" but I will encourage you to design, fund, and build a processing plant that meets your standards and stop complaining about Tyson.
"Buying chickens from a local farm, where you can see the treatment, is better. It's better in every way."
That's true. That's why I raise my own.
"Your defense of Tyson is puzzling to me."
I am more defending the farmers that live within a 100 miles of me because I've seen their farms and know some of them.
Processing chickens is a bloody business. It's easy to duff off that responsibility to someone else, and easy to complain about how it's done. That's a lot easier that doing it.
Those chickens farmer neighbors of mine are not processing those chickens. They are selling chickens to Tyson.
Tyson chickens feed a huge number of people everyday, many of which are poor, and of the choices they have it's among the better ones.
The notion that I should sit at my desk and complain about Tyson while not actively pursuing what I believe to be a much better way to feed all those people just isn't one I can stand on.
I can agree that farmers and companies like Tyson should to their best to raise and process those chickens in the quickest and least painful way possible but I'm not going to demonize them. They feed a lot of people and that needs to be considered too.
So, the thing to do is work on better ways. You buy your chickens from local farmers. I raise my own and help others do the same by incubating eggs. I actually hatched a couple hundred chicken last year and kept around 30. I gave the rest away.
I won't be visiting "tysontorturesanimals.com" but I will encourage you to design, fund, and build a processing plant that meets your standards and stop complaining about Tyson.