Poultry workers horrible conditions comparable to their chickens.

[MadSquabbles500]

Some food for thought during bowel movements after a big chicken dinner

http://qz.com/681025/big-poultry-wo...nts-so-that-americans-can-have-cheap-chicken/

Quote from article:
In a new report, No Relief, Oxfam America reveals a dark reality of life on the line for the roughly 250,000 poultry workers in the US: the routine denial of time to use the bathroom. While the poultry industry enjoys record profits and pumps out billions of chickens, life inside the processing plant remains grim and dangerous. Workers earn low wages, suffer elevated rates of injury and illness, and toil in harsh conditions.

If automation is needed, it seems like it is needed here. Or at least a union to fight for bathroom time. How much money will you take to work, and have to shit yourself instead of going to bathroom? Its probably worse china or Pakistan.

I am told the chickens also sit or stand in their own shit and piss.

 

[spin]

Alert the safety inspectors and start a union.

If they are legal workers.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

Stuff like this makes one long for a return to hunting and or slaughtering your own food. Or the small type farms that built America. Or heck maybe a switch to Veganism or at least Vegetarianism.

What we need is more small farms and less corporate oligarchy type food processing plants.

 

[ripskater]

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Stuff like this makes one long for a return to hunting and or slaughtering your own food. Or the small type farms that built America. Or heck maybe a switch to Veganism or at least Vegetarianism.

What we need is more small farms and less corporate oligarchy type food processing plants.

Not an option. We should advance cloning technology and make farms that produce animal producing trees. Like all you gotta do is plant a seed and grow a goat tree and little baby goats sprout from the branches. Imagine a bacon tree.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

Not an option. We should advance cloning technology and make farms that produce animal producing trees. Like all you gotta do is plant a seed and grow a goat tree and little baby goats sprout from the branches. Imagine a bacon tree.

Sounds gross and I don't like bacon. I want to keep things natural.

 

[jefferz]

Stuff like this makes one long for a return to hunting and or slaughtering your own food. Or the small type farms that built America. Or heck maybe a switch to Veganism or at least Vegetarianism.

What we need is more small farms and less corporate oligarchy type food processing plants.

The anti GMO movement has killed off small farms even though there's no scientific backing to the movement. Why are GMO's used? Because they maximize yields. Have you taken a look at grain prices lately? How about the prices of machinery? Without them even more small farms would be killed off.
Source: I live in a small farming community and have watched it happen.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

The anti GMO movement has killed off small farms even though there's no scientific backing to the movement. Why are GMO's used? Because they maximize yields. Have you taken a look at grain prices lately? How about the prices of machinery? Without them even more small farms would be killed off.
Source: I live in a small farming community and have watched it happen.

Oh I am not anti Monsanto if that makes sense. I think Monsanto has done a lot of good for the world. Are you of that opinion as well? I am not anti GMO either.

Dang now that I think about it. It seems odd that I support Monsanto and the humanitarian work they have done. Yet also support small farms which Monsanto seems to work against.

 

[jefferz]

Oh I am not anti Monsanto if that makes sense. I think Monsanto has done a lot of good for the world. Are you of that opinion as well? I am not anti GMO either.

Dang now that I think about it. It seems odd that I support Monsanto and the humanitarian work they have done. Yet also support small farms which Monsanto seems to work against.

How do think Monsanto works against small farms?

Edit: I wasn't trying to be a dick but came off as one, sorry.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Sounds gross and I don't like bacon. I want to keep things natural.

I dont subscribe to the whole bacon craze thing thats been going on recently but seriously? You legit don't like bacon......cmon dawg

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

How do think Monsanto works against small farms?

Edit: I wasn't trying to be a dick but came off as one, sorry.

I don't know. I've just heard people say Monsanto tries and puts small farms out of business. I also watched a documentary that I hardly remember that criticized Monsanto and big food producers like Tysons the chicken company for spreading seeds into other people's land or something.

Still I don't believe the conspiracy theories about Monsanto being evil. I have heard that they have fed tons of people in the 3rd world. Without Monsanto wouldn't like a billion or more people be starving?

 

[7437]

Stuff like this makes one long for a return to hunting and or slaughtering your own food. Or the small type farms that built America. Or heck maybe a switch to Veganism or at least Vegetarianism.

What we need is more small farms and less corporate oligarchy type food processing plants.

That would be a real problem with population centers. Any city really. A small city of 100k people that need to hunt for food would be pretty devastating to local wildlife. Let alone NYC.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

I dont subscribe to the whole bacon craze thing thats been going on recently but seriously? You legit don't like bacon......cmon dawg

It's alright but not great by any means. I was never a huge fan and I don't eat pork anymore. And even Turkey bacon I dislike.

I always preferred a sausage with eggs instead of Bacon back when I ate that food.

 

[jefferz]

I don't know. I've just heard people say Monsanto tries and puts small farms out of business. I also watched a documentary that I hardly remember that criticized Monsanto and big food producers like Tysons the chicken company for spreading seeds into other people's land or something.

Still I don't believe the conspiracy theories about Monsanto being evil. I have heard that they have fed tons of people in the 3rd world. Without Monsanto would billions be dead?

Why would they want to put their customers out of business? That makes no sense. Why would they spread seed on other peoples land? Again, that makes no sense.

 

[jefferz]

That would be a real problem with population centers. Any city really. A small city of 100k people that need to hunt for food would be pretty devastating to local wildlife. Let alone NYC.

Do you think most people would be able to stomach killing and gutting a chicken? Heck no. There's no way in heck I could grow an orange, banana, etc in my climate.

 

[7437]

Also fuck the workers. If they want humane working conditions they should get a different job.

 

[7437]

Do you think most people would be able to stomach killing and gutting a chicken? Heck no. There's no way in heck I could grow an orange, banana, etc in my climate.

I could do both, but I am a big fan of being able to get tomatoes when I want them without planning a year in advance. Longer for oranges.

I find it weird that agriculture has opponents when it has been a cornerstone of society for like 23000 years.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

It's alright but not great by any means. I was never a huge fan and I don't eat pork anymore. And even Turkey bacon I dislike.

I always preferred a sausage with eggs instead of Bacon back when I ate that food.

Good call on the sausage. Sausage>Bacon all day.

 

[jefferz]

I could do both, but I am a big fan of being able to get tomatoes when I want them without planning a year in advance. Longer for oranges.

I find it weird that agriculture has opponents when it has been a cornerstone of society for like 23000 years.

People also forget things like soybeans are used for more than just food.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

Why would they want to put their customers out of business? That makes no sense. Why would they spread seed on other peoples land? Again, that makes no sense.

I have no ides. Can you explain to me why some liberals claim Monsanto is so evil? Some liberals seem to want a return to small farms of the old days.

Yet it is primarily Republicans I meet who defend Monsanto. It's all weird to me.

Also fuck the workers. If they want humane working conditions they should get a different job.

Serious? Why is this a gripe for you.